Reasons for emergency dental visit – A retrospective study

Abstract

The irregular dental care can result in acute clinical problems that may lead to various emergency visits. Emergency dental visits are the care of patients who present oral problems. The aim of the study was to identify the reason for patients seeking treatment for dental emergencies among the Chennai population. The Participants were randomly selected for the study, inclusion criteria for the participants were the patients who reported between June 2019 to March 2020 to a private Dental College, and Hospital Chennai, the purpose of the visit was observed from the patient information given during the time of visit. Results showed that the reason for emergency dental visit patients was for abscess drainage in males is 13.33% and females are 8.89% for emergency extraction in males is 28.89% and females are 44.44% for emergency pain management is 2.22% female patient only for emergency trauma management is 2.22% male patient only. From the present study, we can conclude that the common reason for emergency dental visit among Chennai population was for extraction and abscess drainage.