Study on the systemic diseases and systemic conditions of the patients in the private dental clinics

• Published in: Journal of Japanese Society of Dentistry for Medically Compromised Patient Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 7 - 14
• Main Authors: Akasaka, Yoko, Tsuchiya, Yoshiyuki, Jinbu, Yoshinori, Asano, Hideaki, Ando, Chieko, Itoh, Yoshiharu, Ozaki, Shirou, Ozaki, Tetsuya, Kawasaki, Hiroshi, Shimizu, Tokuzou, Suganuma, Tomoyuki, Suzuki, Yoshihiko, Seidou, Takashi, Takeuchi, Gorou, Tsukimura, Yoshio, Nanbu, Noriko, Nozawa, Ikuo, Miyake, Yuriko, Watanabe, Fumiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japanese Society of Dentistry for Medically Compromised Patient 2001
• Subjects: medically compromised patient; private dental clinic; systemic condition; systemic disease
• ISSN: 0918-8150; 1884-667X
• DOI: 10.11255/jjmcp1992.10.7

We investigated the systemic diseases and systemic conditions of the patients who initially visited to 33 private dental clinics from Hokkaido to Kyusyu for 1 month. The subjects comprised 828 patients (male 352, female 476), and we analyzed 33 items of the questionnaire to these patients. The patients ranged in age from 4 to 100 years with an average age of 54.2 years. The sixth decade was most frequent. Most chief complaints were toothache or denture trouble. Four hundreds and thirty-five patients had a medical history of some systemic diseases and 187 patients were under the treatment of the disease. Among systemic diseases, hypertension was most frequent showing 20%, followed by gastro-intestinal disease, allergic rhinitis, heart disease, asthma, liver disease, respiratory disease, kidney disease and blood disease. Seventy-four patients showed some systemic abnormalities such as headache, high temperature, cold, dizziness, pulsation etc. Three hundreds and seventeen patients had been treated with medications, and 8 patients had used Warfarin and 3 patients Panaldine. One hundred and twenty-two patients had some allergies, although antigens were not clear in most patients. Since the frequency of aged person and that having some systemic diseases were high, detailed examinations on the systemic conditions of the initial patients must be very important to perform safety dental treatments in the private dental clinics.