MOST COMMON CHIEF COMPLAINT FOR SEEKING DENTAL TREATMENT: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY CARRIED OUT IN VARIOUS HOSPITALS IN JORDAN

  • Mohammad Abdel Hameed Al Qudah BDS, JDB, Periodontics* Prince Hashem bin Abdullah Military Hospital, Aqaba, Jordan
  • Mohamed Mahmoud Al-Bataineh BDS, JDB, Endodontics, Prince Rashid Military Hospital, Irbed, Jordan
  • Ahmad Izzeddin Aldalalah BDS, JDB, Conservative Dentistry
  • Fadi kamel Obeidat BDS, JDB, prosthodontics
  • Ala’a Abdul Al karim Al Rawashdeh BDS, JDB, Orthodontics
Keywords: Dental pain, Chief complaint, Royal Medical Services

Abstract

This cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the most common chief complaints for which people visited various dental care hospitals in Jordan.

After obtaining the ethical approval, five hundred patients who visited the public sector dental hospitals in Jordan formed the study group, 50% of them were males. The data were collected through self- designated questionnaire which included demographics and chief complaints of the patients. Statistical analysis was conducted using (SPSS), Chi-square test, and one-way ANOVA test.

The main finding was that the dental pain was the most common reason for seeking dental treatment (43.2%), followed by restorative treatment (15.6 %), dental caries (14.0%), dental implant (7.4%), orthodontics treatment (7.0%), dental trauma (4.6%), periodontal treatment (4.4%), routine checkup (2.6%), and other reasons (1.2%) respectively.

Published
2021-06-29
How to Cite
Mohammad Abdel Hameed Al Qudah, Mohamed Mahmoud Al-Bataineh, Ahmad Izzeddin Aldalalah, Fadi kamel Obeidat, & Ala’a Abdul Al karim Al Rawashdeh. (2021). MOST COMMON CHIEF COMPLAINT FOR SEEKING DENTAL TREATMENT: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY CARRIED OUT IN VARIOUS HOSPITALS IN JORDAN. Pakistan Oral & Dental Journal, 41(2), 70-72. Retrieved from http://podj.com.pk/index.php/podj/article/view/621
Section
Oral Medicine