Dental Treatment for a Patient with Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Abstract

We treated a 12-year-old boy with Sturge-Weber syndro me for cavities. He was in the hospital for orthopaedic surgery when we discovered many cavities. The intellectually disabled boy had haemangioma on his face and mouth. We could not manage his behavior during dental treatment in two months, so we performed general anaesthesia three times to finish the treatment of all the decayed teeth during the hospitalization. Just after the first anaesthesia, he was so panicked that he scratched his brow, yet he did not get excessive bleeding. The rest of the treatment under general anaesthesia were without any troubles. This case has shown the importance of patients' parents, dentists, dental hygienists, and paediatricians in charge to cooperate with one another continuously for oral health to ensure the patients are free from bleeding during dental treatment.