Clinico-statistical observation of emergency patients at the Department of Oral Surgery

Abstract

Emergency patients at the Department of Oral Surgery, University of Tokyo, during the three years from January 1990 to December 1992 were analyzed statistically. The results were as follows: 1. The total number of emergency patients was 209 and tended to increase with the advance in years. 2. There were a few more males than females and most of the patients ages were in the twenties. 3. The disease causes were dental caries or periodontal disease in 95 (45.5%), trauma in 58 (27.8%), and inflammation in 32 patients (15.3%). 4. It is clear that a system of oral emergency treatment is necessary.