Abstract
Clinical and statistical observations during the year 1991 at the Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery were made on the first visit patients of those who were the inpatients at the Keio University Hospital.
(1) The total number of patients was 595, 332 males and 263 females.(2) Concerning age distribution, the range of the patients were from 0 year to 92 years old. The majority were in their sixties and the average was 51.3 years old.(3) Concerning monthly distribution, most patients came in July and the average number of patients was 49.6 per month.(4) More patients were from internal medicin and surgery.(5) On the patient numbers categorized by disease at other department, the biggest majority was malignant neoplasm.(6) On the patient numbers categorized by disease at our department, the largest number was dental caries, followed by disease of related denture and periodontitis.(7) Concerning the details of the medical treatment done at our department, the biggest numbers on denture adjustment, followed by restoration and filling treatment, extraction then root cannal treatment.(8) The number of the visit to patient was 57 (9.6%).
