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Anesthesia Dental Mgmc
Anesthesia Dental Mgmc
procedures
Dr. S. Parthasarathy
MD, DA, DNB, Dip Diab.MD ,DCA, Dip
software based statistics,
PhD (physiology)
Anesthesia started with dentistry
• Anesthetist – inexperienced
Three types of anesthesia
• Dental chair anaesthesia,
• In-patient anaesthesia.
Problems in dental chair
• Venous return decrease
• ? Venous embolism
• Unprotected airway
• Aspiration of blood or mucus
• Adrenaline in local anaesthetic can cause
arrhythmias in presence of halothane
• Higher incidence of arrhythmias due to
stimulation of 5 th cranial nerve
Problems in dental chair
• Nasal bleeding if nasal airway is used to
deliver the anaesthetic
• Fainting due to cerebral hypoxia
• Difficulty in initiating CPCR once cardiac arrest
occurs
• Foreign body obstruction of the airway by
needles or dentures, necessitating removal by
bronchoscopy
• BABA FACE - pnemonic
• Preoperative work up √
• Equipments √
• Nasal airway
ECO mask – goldman mask
Labile patients !!
• Arrest
• Anaphylaxis
Use of the LMA for Dental Anaesthesia
• Acupuncture
There is no minor
anesthetic
technique
Same vigilance