Evaluation of discharge time after general anesthesia with isoflurane in pediatric dentistry

General anesthesia prepares good condition in dental treatment for uncooperative children. Acceptance and discharge of children during day case anesthesia must be on time, because both long time hospitalization and early discharge may be dangerous for children. In PADS scoring system score 9 and higher ready for discharge. In this study, we evaluated recovery time after general anesthesia in Esfahan dentistry day case surgery unit. Method and materials: 100 healthy children under 10 years old have been selected for dental treatment with general anesthesia. Induction of anesthesia completed with thiopental Na, alfentanyl and atracurum and anesthesia maintenance with O2/N2O and isoflurane. Operation and recovery time evaluated depending on MDAFSS recovery scoring system. From 100 studied children were 44% male and 56% female. 67% of samples were healthy and others had systemic disorders.The average of operation time in healthy and mental retarded was 63/3 and 45.7. Recovery time in healthy, mental retarded and cerebral palsy patients was 54.7, 95.92 and 138.12 minutes. Recovery time was meaningfully shorter in healthy patients than medically compromised patients. Recovery time in healthy patients was 54/7 minutes, in Chye study this time was 61 minutes. Long time recovery in medically compromised children denotes that we should not hurry for discharge of these children.