Retrospective evaluation of treated patients and treatment at the emergency service, at the School of Dentistry, Campinas State University, Piracicaba campus, between 1989 and 1997

• Grant number: 98/01240-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: May 01, 1998
• End date: February 29, 2000
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Dentistry - Dental Clinics
• Principal Investigator: Jacks Jorge Junior
• Grantee: Rui Barbosa de Brito Junior
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba (FOP). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The services of dental emergencies (ES) are offered by several Brazilian institutions. However there are no studies regarding the treatments given to the patients. In this work the rate of effectiveness of the treatment offered to the patients at ES at Dentistry School - University of Campinas (FOP/UNICAMP), the rate of adherence of the patient to the regular dental treatment before and after the emergency treatment and the level of the patient's satisfaction with the service were evaluated. The total of patients examined at the ES at FOP/UNICAMP from 1989 to 1997 was 509. The patients were recalled to receive a dental check-up. They were submitted to an interview and after that they went through a clinical examination and radiographic inspection. The information obtained with this research was transferred to a database which used the software aid EPI-INFO 6. 04@ and it was statistically analyzed for the same program. Before this treatment at SE at FOP/UNICAMP, 40,9% of the total of 509 patients, used to go to the dentist just in case of pain, and 26,7% used to go to a dentistry evaluation on regular basis. After the emergency treatment, 43,6% of the patients continued to visit a dentist just in emergencies all situations and 28,7% did it regularly. We registered that many of the treated teeth at ES at FOP/UNICAMP were absent (32,2%) or with decays (23,0%). Most of the patients (76,4%) reported that their dental problem had been solved in emergency. The rate of adherence of the patients to the regular dental treatment was not satisfactory, the emergency service didn't motivate a great number of patients to take better care of their teeth, however apart from the fact that the patients were satisfied with the received treatment at the ES, they haven't had the chance to continue dental treatment after the emergency. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BRITO JUNIOR, Rui Barbosa de. . 2000. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba Piracicaba, SP.