Dental procedures requiring general anaesthetic
Some Australians receive dental care under general anaesthesia, usually due to the severity of the disease or other medical, physical, or behavioural complications. Dental care under general anaesthetic carries an additional risk and is resource intensive.
In Australia, the age-standardised rate of hospital separations for dental conditions requiring general anaesthetic (per 1,000 population) remained relatively stable between 2010–11 and 2018–19, declining slightly over time from 5.9 to 5.5 per 1,000 population, and then dipping to 4.9 in 2019–20
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In 2019–20, the age-standardised rate of hospital separations for dental conditions requiring general anaesthetic (per 1,000 population) was highest in Western Australia (6.5 per 1,000 population) and lowest in the Australian Capital Territory (3.3 per 1,000 population).
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In 2019–20, there were around 119,000 separations requiring general anaesthetic for procedures related to dental conditions.
Explore the number or rate of hospital separations for dental procedures requiring general anaesthetic across Australia between 2010–11 and 2019–20 using the Hospitalisations interactive 4 below.