Table 2.
Distribution of disease type and diagnosis in the emergency department during the Spring Festival holidays in 2020
| Disease type | Diagnosis | Person-time (2019) | Total person-time | Person-time (2020) | Total person-time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute toothache | Acute pulpitis | 278 (18.09%) | 628 (40.86%) | 348 (24.50%) | 646 (45.40%) |
| Acute periapical periodontitis | 143 (9.30%) | 158 (11.10%) | |||
| Combined periodontic-endodontic lesion | 36 (2.34%) | 46 (3.20%) | |||
| Periodontitis | 75 (4.88%) | 62 (4.40%) | |||
| Others* | 96 (6.25%) | 32 (2.30%) | |||
| Maxillofacial and dental trauma | Dental trauma | 117 (7.61%) | 201 (13.08%) | 105 (7.40%) | 176 (12.40%) |
| Soft tissue injury | 82 (5.34%) | 67 (4.70%) | |||
| Jaw fracture | 2 (0.13%) | 4 (0.30%) | |||
| Infections | Abscess | 147 (9.56%) | 313 (20.36%) | 184 (12.90%) | 335 (23.60%) |
| Pericoronitis | 96 (6.25%) | 96 (6.80%) | |||
| Maxillofacial space infection | 56 (3.64%) | 41 (2.90%) | |||
| Others† | 14 (0.91%) | 14 (1.00%) | |||
| Postoperative response and return visit | Postoperative response‡ | 61 (3.97%) | 141 (9.17%) | 54 (3.80%) | 137 (9.60%) |
| Return visit§ | 80 (5.20%) | 83 (5.80%) | |||
| Other emergency disease | Temporomandibular joint emergency¶ | 14 (0.91%) | 117 (7.61%) | 20 (1.40%) | 81 (5.70%) |
| Active bleeding | 18 (1.17%) | 8 (0.60%) | |||
| Oral mucosa emergency⁎⁎ | 31 (2.02%) | 29 (2.00%) | |||
| Maxillofacial emergency†† | 1 (0.07%) | 1 (0.10%) | |||
| Endodontic emergency‡‡ | 47 (3.06%) | 21 (1.50%) | |||
| Implant emergency§§ | – | 1 (0.10%) | |||
| Orthodontic emergency¶¶ | 5 (0.33%) | 1 (0.10%) | |||
| Prosthodontic emergency⁎⁎⁎ | 1 (0.07%) | - | |||
| Non-urgent††† | Caries, retention of primary teeth, residual crown, residual root, etc. | 137 (8.91%) | 137 (8.91%) | 47 (3.30%) | 47 (3.30%) |
| Total | 1537 (100.00%) | 1537 (100.00%) | 1422 (100.00%) | 1422 (100.00%) |
⁎
Non-odontogenic toothache, toothache waiting for investigation, etc.
†
Parotitis, infection of jaw cyst, lithiasis of submaxillary gland duct, etc.
‡
Postoperative pain of root canal treatment, tooth extraction and implantation, etc.
§
Remove sutures and dental splint, etc.
¶
Dislocation of temporomandibular joint.
⁎⁎
Traumatic ulcer, herpetic stomatitis, etc.
††
Trigeminal neuralgia, etc.
‡‡
Temporary restoration needed, root fracture, etc.
§§
Healing abutment loosening.
¶¶
Detachment of orthodontic arch wire, etc.
⁎⁎⁎
Crown loose.
†††
Caries, retention of primary teeth, residual crown, residual root, etc.