[Poverty and ignorance: the cause of late consultation in odontostomatology at the University Hospital Center in Yaounde].
Coming to consult a dentist implies a toothache. Bucco-dental diseases have an insidious evolution, starting from low sound that rapidly leads to complications that are primarily manifested as pain and gingivorhage in patients. Yet there are ways of detecting these in the early stages before the stage of pain. Treating enamel decay can also be considered late if we cannot pay the price. But leaving the teeth of children decay can affect their general health throughout life. What keeps patients far from bucco-dental consultation services? Among the raisons given by 14 patients chosen at random in the Stomatology unit at CHU-Yaounde, only poverty and lack of information have drawn our attention. And to conquer this education to prevention is the solution indicated.
Eya'Ane
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Service odonto-stomatologie CHU Yaoundé.
Toure
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Ngono
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Kamdem
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002163:Cameroon; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003729:Dental Care / Q000191:economics; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D003807:Dentin Sensitivity / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005884:Gingival Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D011203:Poverty; D014098:Toothache / Q000628:therapy