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Self-reported emergency room visits for dental problems.

¹Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. carlos.quinonez@utoronto.ca

International Journal of Dental Hygiene

|January 14, 2011

Summary

Approximately 5.4% of Canadians visit hospital emergency rooms for dental issues not caused by trauma. Lower income and severe dental pain are key predictors of these visits, highlighting access barriers.

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Area of Science:

Public Health
Dental Public Health
Health Services Research

Background:

Hospital emergency rooms (ERs) are increasingly used for non-traumatic dental issues.
This trend may indicate gaps in accessing regular dental care and highlights the need to understand contributing factors.

Purpose of the Study:

To determine the prevalence of ER visits for non-traumatic dental conditions in Canada.
To identify demographic and clinical factors associated with these visits.

Main Methods:

A national cross-sectional telephone survey of 1005 Canadians aged 18+ was conducted.
Data on past ER visits for dental problems (non-traumatic) were collected.
Descriptive and logistic regression analyses were performed.

Main Results:

5.4% of participants reported a past ER visit for a non-traumatic dental problem.
Key predictors included lower income, recent oral pain, and recent bed disability due to dental issues.

Conclusions:

Financial barriers and severe dental pain drive non-traumatic dental visits to ERs.
Access to dental insurance or public dental care can reduce inappropriate ER utilization.