Methods: This longitudinal study was carried out on 90 children who received dental treatment under general anesthesia. A prepared questionnaire was used including 25 questions on child behavior before the anesthesia with similar number of questions for changes 30 days after the treatment, answered by parents. Data were processed by SPSS version 15.0.
Results: Overall, 30 girls and 60 boys were included in the current study. The mean age of the patients was 46.6±12.3 months. The mean weight of the subjects was 15.3±2.78% kgs. The anesthesia led to small but meaningful behavioral changes in 7 cases, among which 2 individuals improved while 5 reported remaining behavioral changes for some time.
Conclusions: Most negative behavioral changes seen in children were anger and excitement in comparison to before the anesthesia, and the most positive behavioral change was ease in eating behavior.