STUDY REGARDING THE ACTIVITY OF THE EMERGENCY DENTAL OFFICE WITHIN THE EMERGENCY ROOM OF MOBILE EMERGENCY SERVICE FOR RESUSCITATION AND EXTRICATION (UPU-SMURD) SIBIU
Abstract:
Our study is a retrospective one and it is related to the analysis of registration data of patients
who addressed the dental emergency office of Sibiu County during 2011-2015. We aimed at identifying
the number of patients coming to the emergency dental office, its trend for the period under study and at
analysing the activity of this office in relation to other similar centers. After analysing the data, it was
found a total number of 32 165 patients, the number of males being of 13.4%, more than females and
from the urban areas, there were 36.2% patients, more than those from rural areas. The average number
of patients per dental office was 536 (SD = 62.55) patients /month with an average number per day of
about 18 patients while the average age of patients was approximately 38 years (SD = 19.02). The study
concluded that the age of addressability to Sibiu dental emergency service drops significantly
throughout the 5 years of study, and the months with high activity under study were December, January
and August. The results were compared with data found in the literature about similar dental centres in
Romania, namely Bihor and Mureş counties’ centres. It was found that the average number of patients
per month in Sibiu was similar to that of Mureş and twice higher than in Bihor.
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