Factors associated with no dental treatment in preschoolers with toothache: a cross-sectional study in outpatient public emergency services
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2014
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Many parents rely on emergency services to deal with their children’s dental
problems, mostly pain and infection associated with dental caries. This cross-sectional
study analyzed the factors associated with not doing an oral procedure in preschoolers with
toothache attending public dental emergency services. Data were obtained from the clinical
files of preschoolers treated at all nine dental emergency centers in Goiania, Brazil,
in 2011. Data were children’s age and sex, involved teeth, oral procedures, radiography
request, medications prescribed and referrals. A total of 531 files of children under 6 years old
with toothache out of 1,108 examined were selected. Children’s mean age was 4.1 (SD 1.0)
years (range 1–5 years) and 51.6% were girls. No oral procedures were performed in
49.2% of cases; in the other 50.8%, most of the oral procedures reported were endodontic
intervention and temporary restorations. Primary molars were involved in 48.4% of cases.
With the exception of ―sex‖, the independent variables tested in the regression analysis
significantly associated with non-performance of oral procedures: age (OR 0.7;
95% CI 0.5–0.8), radiography request (OR 3.8; 95% CI 1.7–8.2), medication prescribed
(OR 7.5; 95% CI 4.9–11.5) and patient referred to another service (OR 5.7; 3.0–10.9).
Many children with toothache received no oral procedure for pain relief.
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Dental pain, Dental health services, Children
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MACHADO, Geovanna C. M.; DAHER, Anelise; COSTA, Luciane R. Factors associated with no dental treatment in preschoolers with toothache: a cross-sectional study in outpatient public emergency services. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Basel, v. 11, n. 8, p. 8058-8068, 2014.