Centre for Paediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Aust Dent J. 2012 Jun;57(2):132-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2012.01688.x.
There is little information available regarding dental emergencies for children in Australia. The aim of this study was to investigate the reasons for dental emergency cases which were treated at a public oral health clinic in a low socioeconomic district in south-east Queensland.
From a register kept at a public oral health clinic, we analysed the monthly number of emergency visits for children over a three-year period (January 2008 to August 2010) with respect to numbers treated, reasons for presentation and types of treatment rendered.
During the period 2008-2010, there was a mean of 196 ± 86 cases presenting for emergency care each month. The proportions of the various types of emergencies remained fairly consistent over the three-year period, with the majority presenting for caries related problems (74-75%), followed by trauma (8-9%), orthodontic treatment related (2-5%) and other reasons (16-11%). Between 8-11% of cases were preschool children who were added to the waitlist for treatment for caries under general anaesthesia at the public hospital.
Trends in the past three years at a public oral health clinic in a low socioeconomic district in south-east Queensland show that dental caries constitute nearly three-quarters of all paediatric emergency appointments.
澳大利亚关于儿童牙科急诊的信息较少。本研究旨在调查昆士兰州东南部一个低社会经济地区的公立口腔保健诊所治疗的牙科急诊病例的原因。
我们从一家公立口腔保健诊所的登记册中分析了三年内（2008 年 1 月至 2010 年 8 月）每月儿童急诊就诊的次数，涉及治疗人数、就诊原因和治疗类型。
在 2008-2010 年期间，每月平均有 196 ± 86 例儿童因急诊就诊。在三年期间，各种类型的急诊的比例相对稳定，大多数是龋病相关问题（74-75%），其次是外伤（8-9%）、正畸治疗相关（2-5%）和其他原因（16-11%）。8-11%的病例是学龄前儿童，他们被添加到公立医院全麻治疗龋病的等候名单中。
昆士兰州东南部一个低社会经济地区的公立口腔保健诊所过去三年的趋势表明，龋齿占所有儿科急诊预约的近四分之三。
