Retrospective Evaluation of 20 Years of Outpatient Dental Services to Adults with Disabilities at the Dental Hospitals of the Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
Dagmar Schnabl,
Matthias Michael Strohm,
Pit Eugene Schummer
et al.
Abstract:Disabled persons’ chairside dentistry is challenging. We aimed for a retrospective breakdown of dental services delivered to disabled patients by dental students and to discuss feasibility of a chairside approach. Consecutive patients, who received scheduled dental treatment by dental students from 2002 to 2021, were included. Demographic data, medical diagnoses, number of treatment sessions, performed treatments, and treatment break-offs were collected and analyzed with descriptive statistics. In total, 224 i… Show more
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