Abstract
The chief complaints of new patients at general dental clinics seemed associated with repaired teeth. To scrutinize this, we conducted a survey on clinical data. The subjects were 718 new patients at 20 clinics during the period of Sept. 1 to Nov. 30, 2017 (out of 48 JHCDA member clinics participating in this study, i.e., data collected at 28 clinics collected were incomplete). As a result, the cause of the chief complaint related to teeth with no treatment history was 10% of the total while repaired teeth related complaints amounted to 43%. It was suggested that adult patients are likely to visit the dental clinic for re-treatment of a repaired tooth.
