Summary 1.The psychic trauma to a child undergoing dental repair has been overlookedby many of us; studies are presented in the use of basal narcosis and general anesthesia for extensive pedodontia in forty-two patients. 2.Favor is given to the preoperative sedation of seconal in combination with demerol and atropine, followed by endotracheal insufflation of ether. Summary 1.The psychic trauma to a child undergoing dental repair has been overlookedby many of us; studies are presented in the use of basal narcosis and general anesthesia for extensive pedodontia in forty-two patients. 2.Favor is given to the preoperative sedation of seconal in combination with demerol and atropine, followed by endotracheal insufflation of ether. General anesthesia in the difficult pedodontic patientThe Journal of PediatricsVol. 30Issue 6Preview Full-Text PDF