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Objectives: To determine the characteristics of patients, indications, and the types of dental treatment, that was carried out for children under general anesthesia at Queen Rania AL Abdullah hospital for children in Amman-Jordan. Methods: A retrospective, descriptive and comparative study was designed. Data were collected from records of patients who required full mouth rehabilitation under general anesthesia over a one year period (13 February 2010 to l3 February 2011), at Queen Rania Al Abdullah children hospital in Jordan. Information collected from the records included date of birth, gender, medical condition, indications for general anesthesia, type of procedure, treatment provided including the number of primary and permanent teeth extracted and restored, and the type of restoration was also recorded. Result: A total of 163 patients, 80(49.1%) males and 83 (50.9%) females received full mouth rehabilitation under general anesthesia at Queen Rania Al Abdullah children hospital in Jordan. The age of the patients ranged from 1 to 16 years old with mean age of 6.17±1.49 years. The mean age of females was 6.55±3.19 and of males was 5.76 ± 3.02. The main indications for general anesthesia were young children with extensive caries (45.4%) special health care needs patients (33.1 %), and behavior management problem (13.5%). Complete oral rehabilitation including restorations (fissure sealants, composite filling, amalgam restorations and stainless steel crowns), dental extraction of deciduous and permanent teeth and surgical procedures were performed under general anesthesia in a single visit. Conclusion: Dental management for pediatric patients who are very young and those with special health care needs can effectively be carried out under general anesthesia in a single visit.