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GA may be "an order of magnitude" more dangerous if you are already very sick or have it administered by a non-specialist. In the hands of someone who knows wha
by rscho 10y ago
GA may be "an order of magnitude" more dangerous if you are already very sick or have it administered by a non-specialist. In the hands of someone who knows what he is doing, the risks are orders of magnitude lower than even crossing the street to go to work every day.
There are two main real reasons why a dentist prefers to go without GA:
- no need: most dental procedures are minor, and well-conducted local anesthesia is sufficient. Unfortunately, dentists often underestimate the pain and anxiety generated by some of their actions.
- not alone anymore: if you want anesthesia, you have no other alternative than getting a specialist, who will have to be paid. Furthermore, the anesthesia provider will interfere in care decisions if required, making him a pain for the dentist.
So yeah, mainly money...
- SamReidHughes 10y agoAre you saying this with awareness of claims like this? http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/294966.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/294966.php
- credit_guy 10y agoIs that difference statistically significant? For those who don't have time to click the link, they looked at 53 kids who received GA and 53 who didn't. The average IQ of the first group was 5-6 points below the second. Now the stdev of one IQ is 15, so the stdev of the average of 53 is 15/sqrt(53)=2.06. The stdev of the difference of two such averages is then 2.06*sqrt(2)=2.91. A 5-point difference is then a 1.72 sigma event and a 6-point move a 2.06 sigma event, and the probabilities of more extreme events are 4.3% and 2%. I guess that's statistically significant, but not by much.
- SamReidHughes 10y agoLook, I didn't read the paper, and it's not the only one.