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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-17
pubmed:abstractText
The need and demand for oral medicine services in the United States and Canada was determined by a prospective survey of American Academy of Oral Medicine practitioners who attended the Academy's 1996 annual meeting. Of the 50 surveys returned from 149 eligible registrants, it was determined that, on the average, oral medicine practitioner respondents practiced 2.3 days per week and treated 8.7 patients per day; this amounts to more than 40,000 patient-care visits per year. Almost 90% of patients were treated because of medically compromising conditions, oral mucocutaneous disease, or chronic orofacial pain. Most of the care (52%) was provided in non-university settings. Most treatment involved the comprehensive evaluation of complex oral problems (36.7%), the prescription of medications (24.2%), or comprehensive dental treatment (21.8%) for patients with severe and life-threatening medical conditions. These results suggest that oral medicine services are needed and that demand for these services is high.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1079-2104
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
84
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
630-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Canada, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Comprehensive Dental Care, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Critical Illness, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Dental Care for Chronically Ill, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Dental Health Services, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Drug Prescriptions, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Facial Pain, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Health Services Needs and Demand, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Mouth Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Oral Medicine, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Patients, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Professional Practice, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-Societies, Dental, pubmed-meshheading:9431531-United States
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Need and Demand for Oral Medicine Services in 1996. A report prepared by the Subcommittee on Need and Demand for Oral Medicine Services, a subcommittee of the Specialty Recognition Committee, American Academy of Oral Medicine.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oral Health Science, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, Lexington, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't