奈良県立医科大学附属病院口腔外科開設後5年間における外来患者の臨床統計的観察

Abstract

The authors performed clinico-statistical observation on 10,013 out-patients who presented during the five years following the inception of Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nara Medical University Hospital, on 19th October 1976. The results are as follows : 1. The yearly average number of out-patients was 2,003, which was the largest of any Departmant of Dentistry and/or Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Medical University Hospital. 2. 7,448 patients (74.4%) had diseases associated with oral and maxillofacial surgery, who were divided into the following 14 groups : inflammations (21.8%), traumas (19.4%), diseases of temporomandibular joint (12.1%), diseases of oral mucosa (8.7%), impacted teeth (7.1%), cysts (6.9%), tumors and tumor-like diseases (5.6%), anomalies (3.7%), diseases of salivary gland (2.3%), iatrogenic diseases (1.9%), diseases of nervous system (1.3%), blood diseases (0.5%), jaw deformities (0.2%), and others (7.8%). 3. 7,273 patients (72.6%) were referred by dentists (30.7%), medical doctors (35.9%) and others (6.0%). Patients with diseases of TMJ were referred by orthopedists (25.1%) more than dentists (22.1%), which suggests that this disease has not been generally recognized yet. 4. In 1,812 patients with general dental diseases, 832 patients (45.9%) had systemic diseases.