ArticleAmerican journal of public health2015
Emergency department visits for nontraumatic dental problems: a mixed-methods study.
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- Non-traumatic dental presentations at accident and emergency departments in the UK: a systematic review.British dental journal · 2020Pooled it
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- Repeated Use of Emergency Departments for Nontraumatic Dental Conditions: Factors Associated With Being a Superutilizer.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2026Article
- The Impact of Limited Access to Dental Care on Emergency Room Service Utilization: A Study of Primary Healthcare in a Rural Inland Region of Portugal.Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- Demographic, Geographic, and Temporal Patterns of Adult Dental Emergency Presentations in Arad County, Western Romania.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Emergency Department Use for Non-traumatic Dental Conditions.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
- No-shows among children and adolescents in public oral health service: a retrospective register-based study from Finland.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- A Mixed-Methods Case Report on Oral Health Changes and Patient Perceptions and Experiences Following Treatment at the One Smile Research Program: A 2-Year Follow-Up.Clinics and practice · 2025Article
- Predicting emergency department visits for non-traumatic dental-related conditions among Medicaid beneficiaries.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Assessing Dental Practitioners' Training, Knowledge, and Confidence Regarding Abscesses with Incision and Drainage Procedures: A South Texas Oral Health Network Study.Texas public health journal · 2025Article
- The most common types of nontraumatic dental conditions among emergency department visits in North Carolina before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2024Article
- Targeted enamel remineralization with mineral-loaded starch particles.JADA foundational science · 2024Article
- Predictors of intent to utilize the emergency department among a free clinic's patients.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Association of Medicaid expansion with dental emergency department visits overall and by states' Medicaid dental benefits provision.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- The impact of dental care programs on healthcare system and societal outcomes: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Oral Complaint Visits to the Pediatric Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Cureus · 2022Article
- Emergency Room Visits with a Non-Traumatic Dental-Related Diagnosis in Hawaii, 2016-2020.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Urgent dental care use in the North East and Cumbria: predicting repeat attendance.British dental journal · 2022Article
- Cross-Sectional Analysis of Oral Healthcare vs. General Healthcare Utilization in Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Frontiers in oral health · 2022Article
- 10-year follow-up study on attendance pattern after dental treatment in primary oral health care clinic for fearful patients.BMC oral health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe documented emergency department (ED) visits for nontraumatic dental problems and identified strategies to reduce ED dental visits.
methodsWe used mixed methods to analyze claims in 2010 from a purposive sample of 25 Oregon hospitals and Oregon's All Payer All Claims data set and interviewed 51 ED dental visitors and stakeholders from 6 communities.
resultsDental visits accounted for 2.5% of ED visits and represented the second-most-common discharge diagnosis in adults aged 20 to 39 years, were associated with being uninsured (odds ratio [OR] = 5.2 [reference: commercial insurance]; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 4.8, 5.5) or having Medicaid insurance (OR = 4.0; 95% CI = 3.7, 4.2), resulted in opioid (56%) and antibiotic (56%) prescriptions, and generated $402 (95% CI = $396, $408) in hospital costs per visit. Interviews revealed health system, community, provider, and patient contributors to ED dental visits. Potential solutions provided by interviewees included Medicaid benefit expansion, care coordination, water fluoridation, and patient education.
conclusionsEmergency department dental visits are a significant and costly public health problem for vulnerable individuals. Future efforts should focus on implementing multilevel interventions to reduce ED dental visits.
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