Table 2.
Risk assessment and performed dental interventions following the dental (Ia) or orthopedic (Ib) report of the screening group (I) (accepted level of significance at p < 0.05, significant numbers presented in bold).
| Screening by Dentist (Ia) (n = 229) |
Screening by Orthopedic Surgeon (Ib) (n = 173) |
p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk assessment % (n) | low | 78.6% (180) | 63.0% (109) | 0.001 |
| moderate | 21.4% (49) | 36.4% (63) | ||
| high | 0% (0) | 0.6% (1) | ||
| Dental intervention (yes in % (n)) |
23.6% (54) | 0 | 0.001 | |
| extraction | 27.8% (15) | |||
| extraction + | 3.7% (2) | |||
| extraction + filling | 5.6% (3) | |||
| professional tooth cleaning | 31.5 % (17) | |||
| professional tooth cleaning + filling | 5.6% (3) | |||
| Type of intervention % (n) | professional tooth cleaning + tooth pocket treatment | 1.9% (1) | ||
| endodontic treatment | 3.7% (2) | |||
| filling | 7.4% (4) | |||
| tooth pocket treatment | 7.4% (4) | |||
| tooth pocket and root canal treatment | 1.9% (1) | |||
| root canal treatment | 3.7% (2) | |||
| Days until operation after carried out intervention (mv ± sd) | 29.04 ± 24.56 |
mv: mean value, sd: standard deviation.