Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Odontología, Cátedra de Endodoncia, Buenos Aires 1122, Argentina.
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Odontología, Cátedra de Cirugía y Traumatología BucoMaxiloFacial I, Buenos Aires 1122, Argentina.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 29;19(3):1528. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19031528.
This study aimed to describe patients' demographic characteristics and treatment delivered in private and public dental emergency clinics and to compare them with a pre-pandemic period. A retrospective cross-sectional study was carried out on patients attending the University Dental Hospital of the University of Buenos Aires and on one private dental clinic, situated in Buenos Aires, between March and June of 2019 and 2020. The sample considered all the patients' medical records of those requiring emergency dental treatment at these centers during that period. We systematize the treatments required and delivered by the emergency providers into categories. In 2019, 36,071 patients were treated at the university dental hospital and the private clinic. In 2020, 7485 patients received emergency treatment, showing a fivefold reduction. During a pre-pandemic period, in 2019, both oral care centers provided 44,894 treatments, around three times the treatments provided in 2020 during the same period. We have found significant differences in the age groups of people who required emergency treatment in the pandemic period compared to the pre-pandemic period. During the pandemic period, the most represented types of treatment were radiographic exams (3061) and tooth extractions (2583). Conversely, during the pre-pandemic period, the most frequent treatments were radiographic examinations (16,649) and general consultations (10,591). The percentages of all types of treatments differ significantly between the two years except for pediatric consultations and prosthetics emergencies. As the pandemic is still an ongoing sanitary problem, urgent dental care patterns should be considered.
本研究旨在描述私人和公共牙科急诊诊所中患者的人口统计学特征和治疗情况,并将其与大流行前时期进行比较。这是一项回顾性的横断面研究,对 2019 年 3 月至 6 月期间在布宜诺斯艾利斯大学牙科学院和布宜诺斯艾利斯的一家私人牙科诊所就诊的患者的医疗记录进行了研究。该样本考虑了在此期间这些中心需要急诊治疗的所有患者的医疗记录。我们将急诊提供者所需和提供的治疗方法系统地分为几类。2019 年,有 36071 名患者在大学牙科学院和私人诊所接受了治疗。2020 年,有 7485 名患者接受了急诊治疗,减少了五倍。在大流行前时期,2019 年,两个口腔保健中心共提供了 44894 次治疗,是 2020 年同期的三倍左右。我们发现,在大流行期间需要急诊治疗的人群在年龄组方面与大流行前时期有显著差异。在大流行期间,最常见的治疗类型是放射检查(3061 次)和拔牙(2583 次)。相反,在大流行前时期,最常见的治疗是放射检查(16649 次)和一般咨询(10591 次)。除了儿科咨询和急症修复外,除了儿科咨询和急症修复外,这两年的所有治疗类型的百分比都有显著差异。由于大流行仍然是一个持续存在的卫生问题,应该考虑紧急牙科护理模式。