Abstract
This study was made from 1980 to 1989 regarding holiday dental clinical service by the Yamato Dental Association. The number of outpatients was 5086, consisting of 3045 men and 2041 women during 10 years. 65.6 percent of the outpatients came from Yamato city, and 19.2 percent from Ayase city. In monthly distribution, 18.6 percent of outpatients visited clinics in December, followed by January and May. The highest number of outpatients, was in their thirties (22.7 percent) and the second highest was in their twenties (18.6 percent) 37.6 percent of the outpatients were a members of socio-medical insurance. The chief complaint and the main disease regarded the first molar in the lower iaw, was periodontitis apicalis, followed by endodontic treatment. The holiday dental clinical service was known by 60 percent of inhabitant who answered the questionnaire, and only 2 percent of them had visited this clinic for emergency service.
