<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Background: Emergency dental care is provided at the Mureș County Emergency Hospital in Tîrgu Mureș since February 2012, however, there is little information available regarding its activity. Therefore, the aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence and diagnosis of dental emergency cases treated in this dental office over the first two years. Material and methods: This two-year retrospective study was based on the analysis of patients’ dental records who were treated at the Dental Office of the Mureș County Emergency Hospital in Tîrgu Mureș. Results: In the first year 5567 patients were treated, whereas in the second year their number was significantly higher, 7213 patients. Pulp infections presented the highest prevalence in both years: 32.38% and 34.74%, respectively. Compared to the first year (n = 1,803) significantly more cases (p = 0.001) were treated with this diagnosis in the second year (n = 2,506). Periodontal infections were significantly more frequent (p &lt;0.001) in the second year compared to the first - 951 cases (13.18%) vs. 681 (12.23%) cases. Conclusions: The main reasons of emergency dental treatments were dental and periodontal infections. The results suggest that dental care is unaffordable to socially disadvantaged persons, and this fosters radical treatment of pain in this free of charge 24 h dental emergency office.</p></abstract>

Background: Emergency dental care is provided at the Mureș County Emergency Hospital in Tîrgu Mureș since February 2012, however, there is little information available regarding its activity. Therefore, the aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence and diagnosis of dental emergency cases treated in this dental office over the first two years. Material and methods: This two-year retrospective study was based on the analysis of patients’ dental records who were treated at the Dental Office of the Mureș County Emergency Hospital in Tîrgu Mureș. Results: In the first year 5567 patients were treated, whereas in the second year their number was significantly higher, 7213 patients. Pulp infections presented the highest prevalence in both years: 32.38% and 34.74%, respectively. Compared to the first year (n = 1,803) significantly more cases (p = 0.001) were treated with this diagnosis in the second year (n = 2,506). Periodontal infections were significantly more frequent (p <0.001) in the second year compared to the first - 951 cases (13.18%) vs. 681 (12.23%) cases. Conclusions: The main reasons of emergency dental treatments were dental and periodontal infections. The results suggest that dental care is unaffordable to socially disadvantaged persons, and this fosters radical treatment of pain in this free of charge 24 h dental emergency office.

Original Research. A Two-year Retrospective Study of Emergency Dental Treatments at Mureș County Emergency Hospital

Department of Removable Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Str. Gheorghe Marinescu nr. 50, 540139, Tîrgu Mureș,

Department of Removable Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Str. Gheorghe Marinescu nr. 50 540139, Tîrgu Mureș,

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (II) and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of General Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Str. Gheorghe Marinescu nr. 38, 540139, Tîrgu Mureș,

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (II) and Emergency Medicine, Mureș County Emergency Hospital, Str. Gheorghe Marinescu nr. 38, 540139, Tîrgu Mureș,

Department of Morphology of Teeth and Dental Arches; Technology of Dental Prostheses and Dental Materials, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Str. Gheorghe Marinescu nr. 50, 540139, Tîrgu Mureș,

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

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Background: Emergency dental care is provided at the Mureș County Emergency Hospital in Tîrgu Mureș since February 2012, however, there is little information...

Original Research. A Two-year Retrospective Study of Emergency Dental Treatments at Mureș County Emergency Hospital

Published Online: Mar 31, 2017

Page range: 25 - 30

Received: Mar 02, 2017

Accepted: Mar 07, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2017-0009

Keywords
emergency dental office, retrospective study, dental diagnosis

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Original Research. A Two-year Retrospective Study of Emergency Dental Treatments at Mureș County Emergency Hospital

Published Online: Mar 31, 2017

Page range: 25 - 30

Received: Mar 02, 2017

Accepted: Mar 07, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2017-0009

Keywordsemergency dental office, retrospective study, dental diagnosis

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
emergency dental office, retrospective study, dental diagnosis