title: Caries and the preschool child: treatment of the preschool child in the hospital service.
abstract: Dental treatment of the preschool child in hospital is usually carried out under a general anaesthetic, following referral from a dentist. The reasons for a general anaesthetic are that the child has either proved unable to accept treatment because of dental anxiety or extreme youth or has a severe medical problem which requires dental care to be carried out in a hospital environment. The costs of such treatment are necessarily high and account of these is taken in the description of the services offered and their organization. The need for prevention is also stressed.
authors.affiliation: United Medical School, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D003796:Dental Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D012017:Referral and Consultation