Pharmacological Postoperative Pain Management for Paediatric Dental Extractions Under General Anaesthesia: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: General anaesthesia (GA) as a pharmacological behaviour management strategy may be indicated for dental extractions in children unable to cooperate in the dental chair. Pain is the most common postoperative complication in children following dental GA. There is conflicting evidence available on the efficacy of local anaesthetic (LA) agents for postoperative pain management following dental extraction. Therefore, this review aimed to evaluate the efficacy of different pharmacological analgesic techniques on postoperative pain following dental extractions under GA in children. A search of PubMed, Embase, Scopus and CINAHL was conducted on 17/10/2023 to identify studies eligible for inclusion in this review. Two independent reviewers performed search screening, data extraction and critical ap

SUBMITTER: Ting EXY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11753856 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature