Sociodemographic, epidemiological and behavioral profile in patients attended at the tooth extraction outpatient clinic, School of Dentistry, UFRGS, and the effectiveness of dental care provided
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7308/aodontol/2015.51.2.06Keywords:
Oral surgery, Health profile, Public healthAbstract
Aim: To identify the sociodemographic, epidemiological, behavioral and service utilization profiles of the patients who received dental care at the Tooth Extraction Outpatient Clinic, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (FO-UFRGS), as well as the main types of procedures, together with the most commonly employed procedures, techniques, and conducts, and the most common trans and postoperative complications.
Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive study, in which 877 surgical reports, filled out by undergraduate students during the activities related to the Exodontics and Anesthesiology, as well as Intro to Exodontics, classes between the second semester of 2011 and the first semester of 2013, were gathered and tabulated. The collected data were analyzed using Software Package for Social Sciences (SPSS for Windows, version 18.0, SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL), calculating the frequency distribution of investigated variables. This study was approved by the University’s Research Ethics Committee.
Results: Patients were mostly women, from 30 and 59 years of age, of white ethnicity, with an incomplete elementary school education, and a household income of between and 3 minimum Regarding behavioral habits, 34.4% of the patients reported being smokers and 31.1% reported alcohol consumption at least once a week. Regarding the clinical history, 25.1% of patients reported suffering from hypertension, 33.3% were diabetic or had a close relative with diabetes, 36.3% were under medical treatment, and 54.8% used one or more types of medicine. Regarding the procedures, 39.5% were indicated because they were root fragments, while 30.1% of the patients had arrived with the main complaint of tooth extraction. Conclusion: It was possible to access the socio- demographic profile – women, between 30-59 years of age, of white ethnicity, incomplete elementary school education, household income between 2 and minimum wages – and the health status of the population (epidemiological and behavioral data). Most of the patients were not smokers, did not consume alcoholic beverages, and did not suffer from hypertension or diabetes, but they did report the use of one or more types of medicine. The most common complications were bleeding and fainting.
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