The challenge of late presentation by dental patients in our climes: Reasons behind the enigma

Ibikunle, Adebayo Aremu; Taiwo, Abdurrazaq Olanrewaju; Braimah, Ramat Oyebunmi; Adamson, Olawale; Fashina, Azeez; Bala, Mujtaba

doi:10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_91_19

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“…The findings are in concurrence with that of BaniHani et al (2021) among Jordanian children, where most children were taken to a dentist more than two weeks after reporting the pain. Furthermore, comparative findings have been reported in the adult population in African studies that a substantial proportion of patients with orofacial pain /toothache tend to take at least one month from the onset of the symptoms to the time they present at the dental facility (Ibikunle et al, 2020;Ikpefan et al, 2020;Msolla et al, 2019).…”

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“…Toothache and other causes of orofacial pain are the most common reasons for seeking dental care services among dental patients in the African region (Agbor et al, 2018;Ocwia et al, 2021;Owibingire et al,2018). The mutual observation from studies in the African region is that; a substantial proportion of patients with orofacial pain /toothache tend to take at least one month from the onset of the symptoms to the time they present at the dental facility (Ibikunle et al 2020;Ikpefan et al, 2020;Msolla et al, 2019).…”

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Dental Care Services in Children: Pattern and Factors for Delay in Seeking Care among Tanzanian Paediatric Dental Patients

Mbawalla,

Abubakary,

Kahabuka

2023

East Afr. j. health sci.

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Seeking dental care services by responding to pain or potentially painful outcomes of advanced oral lesions impedes quality dental care for children. This study assessed patterns and factors associated to delay in seeking dental care among Tanzanian paediatric dental patients. It involved 312 child dental patient-escort pairs attending a university paediatric dental clinic in Tanzania. Structured questionnaires and clinical examination forms were used for collecting data. Frequency distributions, cross-tabulations and binary logistic regression were conducted to summarise the variables, test for the presence and magnitude of associations between delay in seeking care and socio-demographics plus dental services-related factors, respectively. Over two-thirds (68.6%) of the participants were delayed in seeking dental care; 45.2% were brought more than a month since the parents were informed or noted the child’s oral dental complaint. Delayed children were more likely to have had previous dental visits (OR =1.8 95% CI 1.1, 3.0) while less likely to require physically stabilised during the dental procedure (OR=0.5 95% CI 0.3, 1.0). In conclusion, the pattern and factors associated with delay in seeking care among Tanzanian paediatric dental patients were such that; most of the patients attended late, and dental-related factors explained the delay rather than the sociodemographic factors. Previous unsatisfactory dental experiences could explain the observation made. Ensuring quality of dental services provided, such as improving dental treatment outcomes and providing comprehensive dental care with enhanced preventive dental services

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confidence: 99%

Dental Care Services in Children: Pattern and Factors for Delay in Seeking Care among Tanzanian Paediatric Dental Patients

Mbawalla,

Abubakary,

Kahabuka

2023

East Afr. j. health sci.

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Reasons for Delay in Seeking Treatment for Dental Caries in Tanzania

Sachedina¹,

Sohal²,

Owibingire³

et al. 2023

International Dental Journal

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Comparing the Immediate Quality of Life Using Complete Closure and Non-Closure Techniques in Third Molar Surgery

Chukwuma

Taiwo

Akinmoladun

et al. 2023

IJAR

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Background: Surgical extraction of the impacted mandibular third molar is associated with intraoperative and postoperative complications, subsequently affecting the patient's wellbeing and reducing the quality of life especially in the week following surgery. Quality of life records are better outcome parameters than clinical variables because it assesses multiple aspects of life. The wound closure technique is an operative factor reported to affect the severity of postoperative complications. If these affectation would translate into any difference in the overall quality of life is yet to be studied. Therefore, there was need to compare the quality of life of two widely varied techniques - the complete closure and the non-closure (sutureless). This wa Methods: s a prospective, randomised clinical study carried out at the Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery department of a tertiary hospital from December 2019 to November 2020. Seventy-four participants were randomized into a complete closure group and a sutureless technique group. They were subjected to the procedure under similar conditions and thereafter followed up for 1 week to assess the changes in their quality of life using the modied OHIP-14 questionnaire. Variables were recorded and analysed using the SPSS (v 25.0). The critical level of signicance was set at P<0.05. There was no statistically signicant Results: difference in the overall QoL changes (p<0.05) although the sutureless technique had less affectation in the speaking domain. There Conclusion: was no statistically signicant difference in quality of life between complete closure and sutureless techniques following impacted mandibular third molar extraction.

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The challenge of late presentation by dental patients in our climes: Reasons behind the enigma

Cited by 4 publications

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Dental Care Services in Children: Pattern and Factors for Delay in Seeking Care among Tanzanian Paediatric Dental Patients

Dental Care Services in Children: Pattern and Factors for Delay in Seeking Care among Tanzanian Paediatric Dental Patients

Reasons for Delay in Seeking Treatment for Dental Caries in Tanzania

Comparing the Immediate Quality of Life Using Complete Closure and Non-Closure Techniques in Third Molar Surgery

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