title: [The oral health status of emergency dental patients in Austria].
abstract: It is often suggested that people who require emergency dental treatment are mainly those who do not care about their teeth and do not have regular visits to their dentist. Little is known about their dental health. Therefore a study was initiated to get more information on the oral health state of these people. The dental care for these patients could be improved selectively in future. 1214 patients using the emergency dental service at the University Clinic for Dentistry in Innsbruck/Austria where examined. More than 40% of these patients had untreated dental caries. Remnants of teeth, as the result of carious destruction, were found in 13.3% of these people. The (dt+DT) value was 2.4 at the age 3-12 years. 6.5 teeth on average were missing at the age 35-44 and about 40% of these patients did not wear a dental appliance for replacement of missing teeth. The emergency dental service was used most frequently by people aged 25 to 35 years. It can be assumed that especially this age-group does not care enough about their teeth. Therefore an effective dental health service including these people as well as some certain profession-groups which were found in this study to stand out by reduced oral health could improve the oral health by economically justifiable costs.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde, Universität Innsbruck.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Barwart
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ulmer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001317:Austria; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004245:DMF Index; D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009909:Oral Health; D012307:Risk Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
vernacular_title: Oraler Gesundheitszustand zahnärztlicher Notdienstpatienten in Osterreich.