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REVIEW article

Front. Dent. Med
Sec. Pediatric Dentistry
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fdmed.2025.1533546

Retrospective analysis of common diseases in pediatric oral emergency patients of Ningbo 1

Provisionally accepted
Junji Xu Junji Xu Lanqiu Lv Lanqiu Lv *
  • Department of Pediatrics, Ningbo Women and Children's Hospital, Ningbo, China

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    Background: With the increase in the resident population and the number of children in Ningbo, as well as the growing demand for oral health care, the number of children's dental emergencies has been increasing year by year. This trend not only increases the pressure on medical resources, but also puts higher demands on the level of children's oral emergency care. In order to better guide the diagnosis and treatment of common and frequent diseases in paediatric oral emergency care, and to improve the efficiency of the use of medical resources. A retrospective report is needed to provide a valuable reference for improving the level of paediatric oral emergency care.Objective: To study the morbidity characteristics of children's oral emergencies.Through the clinical data of children's oral emergency cases in our hospital during the period of 2015-2021, we analysed the types of oral emergency cases, gender, age, and time of injury visits, so as to better guide the diagnosis and treatment of common and frequent diseases in children's oral emergency. Methods: A total of 4946 cases of dental emergencies attended between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2021 were collected and statistically analyzed in a retrospective cohort with respect to gender, age, time of visit and diagnosis of the patients. SPSS 19.0 software was applied to test and analyze the results.

    Keywords: Children's oral emergency, Disease type, Patient volume, Pediatric Dentistry, Pedodontics, Visit period

    Received: 24 Nov 2024; Accepted: 08 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Xu and Lv. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Lanqiu Lv, Department of Pediatrics, Ningbo Women and Children's Hospital, Ningbo, China

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