title: [Evaluation of symptoms and clinical findings in patients in the oral surgery/medicine department in a university clinic].
abstract: The paper present a survey of data of 353 outpatients from the Department of oral surgery and oral medicine, Dental faculty, and the Department of maxillofacial surgery, Haukeland Hospital, University of Bergen, collected and evaluated during two separate weeks (weeks 9 and 47) in 1985. The patients are described according to age, sex, risk factors due to general diseases, symptoms and clinical findings. Out of a total of 353 patients 15 were hospitalized, 3 of them needing urgent help and 12 treated according to long-time plans. The remaining patients were all treated as outpatients. A relatively high frequency of risk patients was found, especially among patients above 50 years of age. This group of patients is expected to increase in the future. The authors emphasize the importance of accurate anamnestic data, especially in regard to drug-treatment and -consumption. Hence, it should be emphasized that accurate anamnestic data and critical evaluation of patients within oral surgery and oral medicine are of increasing importance to the dentist.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Grønningsaeter
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gilhuus-Moe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sydnes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Polikliniske pasienter i oral kirurgi/oral medisin.