Abstract

MARTINS, Elivalter Pereira; OLIVEIRA, Osmiely Reis de; BEZERRA, Silvia Regina Sampaio  and  DOURADO, Adriane Tenório. Epidemiological study of dental emergencies of the FOP/UPE. RFO UPF [online]. 2014, vol.19, n.3, pp. 316-322. ISSN 1413-4012.

Objective: this study aimed to assess the prevalence of dental emergencies, as well as the most common treatments performed in the emergency department of the School of Dentistry at the University of Pernambuco (FOP/UPE). Materials and method: it is a retrospective study based on secondary data, using emergency reports from the period of 2007-2011 as a research instrument. Data were collected using a standard form. The significance level considered in the statistical tests was 5%, and descriptive statistical techniques were used through the development of absolute and percentage frequencies, and the statistical measures: mean, standard deviation, and median. The statistical program used for data analysis was SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) version 17. Results: 862 reports were obtained from patients of both genders, with a majority of women (70%), age ranged from 12 to 81 years, and the most frequent complaint was toothache (80.3%). The most common diagnosis was symptomatic irreversible pulpitis (29.6%) followed by acute dentoalveolar abscess (7.8%), and the most frequently performed treatment at this dental service institution was pulpectomy (26.8%). Conclusions: it may be inferred that pain was the most important reason for seeking dental treatment in the emergency department of the FOP/UPE, reflecting the high percentage of endodontic emergencies in the dental context. Therefore, this study is important for contributing to the development of the epidemiological investigation of dental emergencies in the broad sense of the oral health context of the population.

Keywords : Epidemiology.; Emergency.; Pain..