Abstract
We carried out a clinically-based statistical observation of patients referred to our Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical College from November 1993 to October 1994. The following results were obtained:
1) The number of people referred to our department was 1, 323. among whom 885 were ill, i. e., they were patients.
2) Of these patients. 461 were men and 424 were women. Patients in their sixties accounted for the largest number, 206 (23.3%), followed by those in their fifties and then in their forties. The mean age was 48.7 years.
3) Among the patients coming from other hospitals, 57 were referred by dentists or dental departments, 36 by physicians or medical departments. Patients referred by other departments in our hospital totaled 792, among whom 597 were inpatients and 195 were outpatients.
4) Most patients were referred by other hospitals from management of oral and dental complications of systemic diseases while many in-hospital patients were referred because they requested dental care.
5) Among diseases not within our area of specialization, circulatory diseases accounted for the largest fraction, affecting 383 patients (33.7%), followed by neoplasms, endocrine or metabolic diseases and urologic diseases.
6) Among diseases within our area of expertise, the majority were dental diseases, seen in 656 patients (74.1%). followed by inflammation, temporomandibular arthrosis, and injuries.
7) The most frequent treatment provided was filling or prosthesis, followed by tooth extraction and specified duration of observation.
