Assistência odontológica ao paciente especial: levantamento no Hospital Universitário de Sergipe

Abstract

The World Health Organization estimates that 10% of the population of any country is made up of people with a disability. Of this total, more than two-thirds do not receive dental care. Thus, knowing the profile of patients with special needs (NHSP) is essential for professionals involved can draw up an appropriate treatment plan before these individuals. This study was based on the collection of data in the file of medical records of patients treated at the Unit of Oral Diagnosis and dentistry for special patients (UDOPE) linked to the University Hospital of the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS). The study included 1,823 records of the period from July 1990 to July 2015, which contained diagnostics: mental retardation; physical disability; congenital anomalies; neurological disorders; systemic conditions. They excluded the charts presenting diagnosis of dental abnormalities, periodontal disease, oral lesions and other changes of the genre. The results were grouped in five-year periods and organized with the help of a form specifically designed for this study in order to collect the most common diseases among users of UDOPE. Initially the number of NHSPs was 27 and the latter rose to 697, with an increase in% increase 2481.481. With regard to the question gender, women account for the largest number, most provenance was the City Aracaju, with predominance of the group with the diagnosis of neurological disorders. Before the data, you can set that in UDOP is growing year by year, the number of users with disabilities seeking dental care.