2006 Volume 44 Issue 3 Pages 403-408
We investigated the actual status of outpatients at the Pediatric Dental Clinic of Showa University Dental Hospital.
In this survey the subjects were 1,010 disabled children who had first visited the Dental Hospital between January 1997 to December 2001.
The results were as follows:
1. The proportion of disabled children was 24.9% of all new patients who had visited our department during the 5 year period.
2. They were classified into 4 groups according to their disorder. There were 23.7% children with physically or mentally handicaps,7.7% children with systemic disease,58.6% children with cleft lip and palate and 10.0% children with severe allergy.
3. As for the age of the subjects at the first visit,1 year old and 2 year old children represented the largest percentage (53.5%). Their average age was 4 years 5 months.
4. The percentage of the outpatients who lived in the area around our Hospital was 77%, except for children with cleft lip and palate.
5. Concerning chief complaints, most outpatients came for caries treatment, care of malocclusion and oral examination.
6. General anesthesia was selected for children with a high df and DF score.
