Children's consultations for dental emergency. Retrospective study in Île-de-France

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BACKGROUND: In France, the children oral health status has improved but the use of care remains insufficient. The complexity of the acts, the access to care difficulties and the programs of prevention and care for children lack of knowledge contribute to late care and often, in emergency. This study aims to describe the young patients' characteristics consulting in dental emergency and analyse the modalities of recourse.

METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted on medical records. An extraction of data was carried out concerning all children under the age of 16, admitted to the Dental Emergency Functional Unit of the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital Group in 2015. Several variables of interest were analysed: socio-demographic characteristics, the time of the visit and the diagnostic category (tooth pathologies, facial trauma, infections, periodontal diseases and other emergencies). Descriptive and bivariate analyses were conducted.

RESULTS: On the 62,500 dental emergency consultations in 2015, 5359 were for patients under 16 years of age (8%). Data were available for 5044 children. Among these, children aged 6 to 11 accounted most of consultations (43.9%). There were more boys (57.2%). The most frequent emergency diagnoses were related to a tooth pathology (42.9%) and traumatic event (38.4%). Consultations were more held on the evening schedule on weekdays and the day on weekends. Patients aged 0 to 5 years consulted more at night (P<10-3) and were, proportionally, the most affected by traumatic events (39.2%). Children aged 6 to 11 and 12 to 16 years consulted more often during the day (P<10-3), for emergencies related to a carious event (43.9% and 43.6%). Patients residing in Seine-Saint-Denis accounted for 22.6% of total visits and those living in Paris accounted for 20.8%.

CONCLUSION: A large proportion of children presenting for dental emergencies, have most of the time, only the need for usual care. An offer of dental care, adapted to the territory needs, is necessary for the children dental health management. Preventive measures from an early age and early recourse would be favourable.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

Enthalten in:

Revue d'epidemiologie et de sante publique - 68(2020), 1 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 17-24

Sprache:

Französisch

Weiterer Titel:

Consultations pour urgence bucco-dentaire chez les enfants : étude rétrospective en Île-de-France

Beteiligte Personen:

Tenenbaum, A [VerfasserIn]
Sarric, M [VerfasserIn]
Bas, A C [VerfasserIn]
Toledo, R [VerfasserIn]
Descroix, V [VerfasserIn]
Azogui-Levy, S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Étude rétrospective
Accès aux soins
Analyse spatio-temporelle
Child
Dental care delivery
Dental care for children
Emergency hospital service
Enfant
Health services accessibility
Journal Article
Offre de soins dentaires
Retrospective study
Service hospitalier d’urgence
Soins dentaires pour enfants
Spatio-temporal analysis

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Date Completed 22.09.2020

Date Revised 22.09.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.respe.2019.07.009

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM302734775