Abstract

DE ARAUJO AGUIAR, Débora Maria et al. PROFILE OF ADOLESCENTS' CARE IN EMERGENCY DENTAL UNITS IN THE STATE OF PERNAMBUCO. Odontol. Clín.-Cient. (Online) [online]. 2016, vol.15, n.1, pp. 1-4. ISSN 1677-3888.

The Emergency Care Units were implemented in the state of Pernambuco in 2011, so it was necessary to evaluate the profile of adolescents' dental care in the emergency care units of the State of Pernambuco. It is a demand characterization study in which data were collected from medical records of all adolescents who sought emergency dental service during the six-month interval. The data were compiled in a database using SPSS 17.0 and the descriptive analysis was performed by obtaining the percentage frequencies of the variables. 1473 adolescents were assisted, 61% were females aged 15-19 years (63.7%). Regarding the risk classification, 78.2% of patients were classified as green, but most reported complaint was pain (91.4%). About the procedures performes, 37.4% was restauration, 17.4% extraction and 17.1% crown opening. The data collected showed that despite the higher prevalence of pain as the main complaint, the restorative treatment was most performed procedure, suggesting that dental emergency is being used as a gateway to obtaining services that should be being carried out in primary care.

Keywords : Dental care; Emergencies; Adolescents.