Is there an epidemic of admissions for surgical treatment of dental abscesses in the UK?

Is there an epidemic of admissions for surgical treatment of dental abscesses in the UK?

Steven J Thomas and colleagues think that recent changes in dental care provision have led to increased numbers of hospital admissions for dental abscess, and they suggest that access to routine and emergency dental care needs to be reviewed

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ 2008-05, Vol.336 (7655), p.1219-1220
Hauptverfasser: Thomas, Steven J, Atkinson, Charlotte, Hughes, Ceri, Revington, Peter, Ness, Andrew R
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abscesses
Adult
Analysis
Biological and medical sciences
Dental care
Dentistry
Dentists
Drainage
Emergency departments
Epidemiology
Female
General aspects
Health Services Accessibility
Hospital admissions
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infections
Male
Maxillofacial surgery
Medical sciences
Medical specialists
Medical treatment
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Oral health
Patient admissions
Patients
Periodontal Abscess - epidemiology
Periodontal Abscess - surgery
Public health dentistry
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Sepsis
Submandibular Gland Diseases - epidemiology
Submandibular Gland Diseases - surgery
Surgeons
Surgery
Teeth
Treatment
United Kingdom - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:Steven J Thomas and colleagues think that recent changes in dental care provision have led to increased numbers of hospital admissions for dental abscess, and they suggest that access to routine and emergency dental care needs to be reviewed
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
0959-535X
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.39549.605602.BE