title: Simple orthodontic procedures can be safely performed on sick newborn babies.
abstract: The heart rate and transcutaneous oxygen and carbon dioxide tensions were monitored while palatal impressions were taken and dental plates fitted in thirteen sick new born babies. Twenty-four such procedures were uneventful and only one procedure gave rise to transient hypoxia.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Ash
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Croft
mesh_terms: D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D003761:Dental Impression Technique; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D009064:Mouth Protectors; D013997:Time Factors