title: Social demand in ambulatory oral surgery. Experience in the Master of Oral Surgery of Madrid Complutense University (Spain).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  An evaluation is made of the surgical activity in the context of the Master of Oral Surgery (Madrid Complutense University, Madrid, Spain), together with an analysis of social demand in ambulatory oral surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive statistical analysis (frequency and contingency tables) is made of the different parameters relating to the activity carried out in this postgraduate master during two academic years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 6750 interventions were carried out in 5877 patients. Females predominated over males (62% versus 38%), and 59.2% of the subjects were in the 21-40 years age range. The most common procedure was tooth extraction (91%); of these, 83.5% corresponded to molars. Other extractions accounted for 5.5%, while impacted canines represented 1.2% of the interventions, cyst removal 1.2%, and periapical surgery 0.5%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results show third molar extraction to be the most commonly demanded intervention in ambulatory oral surgery.
authors.affiliation: European University of Madrid, Spain. maria.leco@uem.es
authors.forename: María Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Leco Berrocal
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martínez González
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Donado Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000601:surgery