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Point-of-Entry Follow-up Appointments For Patients Seen in the Emergency Department as a Predictor of Compliance after Dental Trauma

Weitzel, Kevin Timothy
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1307808530

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2011, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Dentistry.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether giving a parent a specific follow-up appointment at the time of the emergency room dental trauma visit would improve follow-up appointment rates. Methods: This randomized cohort study was conducted for quality assurance. All children presented with luxation or avulsion injuries on mature permanent teeth. Patients were randomly included in either a ‘scheduled appointment’ group or a ‘nonscheduled walk-in’ group following ED presentation and treatment. Nonscheduled patients were told to walk-in following the appropriate interval based on injury. Results: Data were collected from subjects (26 scheduled group / 28 non-scheduled group). The mean age of children was 12 years 2 months (± 2.8 years). There was no significant difference in age between the two groups. Lateral luxations were the most common (63.6%) injury reported followed by avulsions (32.7%) and extrusions (3.6%). Patients who received a scheduled appointment followed-up in fewer days (12.5±2.6) than the group without scheduled appointments (19.9±13.4). This difference was statistically significant (p=0.008). The scheduled group also received pulpectomies in significantly fewer days (14.6±8) (p=0.045) than the non-scheduled group (21.1±14.2). There was no difference in the overall number of follow-up appointments between the two groups (p=0.794). Conclusions: Giving parents of children with dental trauma a specific follow-up appointment time improved follow-up compliance.
Dennis McTigue (Committee Chair)
Sarat Thikkurissy (Committee Member)
John Nusstein (Committee Member)
Kumar Subramanian (Advisor)
Dentistry
Dental Trauma Follow-up appointment. Emergency department follow-up rates

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  • Weitzel, K. T. (2011). Point-of-Entry Follow-up Appointments For Patients Seen in the Emergency Department as a Predictor of Compliance after Dental Trauma [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1307808530

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Weitzel, Kevin. Point-of-Entry Follow-up Appointments For Patients Seen in the Emergency Department as a Predictor of Compliance after Dental Trauma. 2011. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1307808530.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Weitzel, Kevin. "Point-of-Entry Follow-up Appointments For Patients Seen in the Emergency Department as a Predictor of Compliance after Dental Trauma." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1307808530

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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