Dental injuries caused by endotracheal intubation – A retrospective study

Dental injury is the most common complication of general anaesthesia. The primary purpose of this study was to report the occurrence, location, type, and treatment of dental injury caused by endotracheal intubation. This retrospective study evaluated 36,627 cases of general anaesthesia at our hospit...

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Published in:Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, medicine, and pathology medicine, and pathology, 2017-11, Vol.29 (6), p.518-521
Main Authors: Kakei, Yasumasa, Akashi, Masaya, Kashin, Masahiko, Komori, Sayaka, Komori, Takahide
Format: Article
Language:English
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Complication
Dental injury
Endotracheal intubation
General anaesthesia
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Summary:Dental injury is the most common complication of general anaesthesia. The primary purpose of this study was to report the occurrence, location, type, and treatment of dental injury caused by endotracheal intubation. This retrospective study evaluated 36,627 cases of general anaesthesia at our hospital from January 2008 through December 2015. The examination items included risk factors such as age; sex; surgical department; type of intubation(orotracheal or nasotracheal intubation); presence of preoperative trismus; Cormack–Lehane classification; experience of the attending anaesthesiologist; intubation appliance; mouth guard use; tooth mobility diagnosed by attending anaesthesiologist before surgery; the location, type, and treatment of injured teeth; and forensic implications. The incidence of dental injury was 0.06% (22 of 36,627 patients). There was a significant difference in the rate of dental injury according to age (0.026% among those
ISSN:2212-5558
2212-5566
DOI:10.1016/j.ajoms.2017.06.010