Table 1.
Summary of the Dental Consultations Characteristics
| Characteristics | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Patient’s Age (Years) | ||
| Children < 10 | 3327 | 7.7 |
| Children between 11 and 17 | 5391 | 12.5 |
| 18 to 30 | 17,626 | 40.7 |
| 31 to 40 | 7685 | 17.8 |
| 41 to 50 | 4045 | 9.4 |
| 51 to 60 | 2807 | 6.5 |
| 61 to 70 | 1707 | 3.9 |
| >71 | 667 | 1.5 |
| Patient’s Gender | ||
| Male | 16,673 | 38.5 |
| Female | 26,582 | 61.5 |
| Dentist’s Specialty | ||
| Endodontics | 14,027 | 32.4 |
| Operative Dentistry | 3256 | 7.5 |
| Oral Medicine | 7439 | 17.2 |
| Oral Surgery | 4762 | 11.0 |
| Orthodontics | 3021 | 7.0 |
| Pediatric Dentistry | 3805 | 8.8 |
| Periodontics | 2846 | 6.6 |
| Prosthodontics | 4099 | 9.5 |
| Diagnosis | ||
| Acute Apical Abscess | 19,502 | 45.1 |
| Chronic Apical Abscess | 2991 | 6.9 |
| Dental Caries | 801 | 1.9 |
| Extraction | 725 | 1.7 |
| Gingivitis | 4167 | 9.6 |
| Irreversible Pulpitis | 344 | 0.8 |
| Oral Surgery | 36 | 0.1 |
| Symptomatic Apical Periodontitis | 4121 | 9.5 |
| Pericoronitis | 386 | 0.9 |
| Periodontitis | 593 | 1.4 |
| Preapical Cyst | 2567 | 5.9 |
| Pulpal Necrosis | 172 | 0.4 |
| Reversible Pulpitis | 855 | 2.0 |
| Not mentioned (others) | 5995 | 13.9 |
| Antibiotic Prescribed | ||
| No antibiotic prescribed | 30,682 | 70.9 |
| Amoxicillin | 7080 | 16.4 |
| Amoxicillin + Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid | 32 | 0.1 |
| Amoxicillin + Metronidazole | 2128 | 4.9 |
| Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid | 1392 | 3.23 |
| Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid + Metronidazole | 1460 | 3.4 |
| Cephalosporin | 297 | 0.7 |
| Metronidazole | 184 | 0.4 |