Dental Emergencies Among Patients of the Health Care Access Facility at the University Hospital of Nancy

NCT06507540 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2024PI135
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 611
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The dental Health Care Access Facility at the University Hospital of Nancy opened in January 2023. The patients ot the dental Health Care Access Facility consulting the dental department have largely been treated as dental emergencies. However, to date, no study has been carried out into the nature of these patients' consultations or treatments. This new patient management has necessitated adaptations within the dental department, but there are no data to enable us to better understand and organize the care of these patients. Moreover, the cost of dental emergencies has not been estimated. Our hypotheses are that patients of the dental Health Care Access Facility consulted mainly the dental departement for painful emergencies and that the emergency dental cares were provided rapidly and at low cost. On the other hand, patient flow was probably correlated with the days when a social worker of the dental Health Care Access Facility was present, referring patients to the dental department. The main aim of the study is to describe the nature of emergency dental care provided to patients of the dental Health Care Access Facility at the dental department of the University Hospital of Nancy. The secondary objectives are: i) to describe the temporality of dental emergency consultations for patients of the dental Health Care Access Facility, ii) to describe the rate of dental consultations secondary to an initial emergency consultation, and iii) describe the direct cost of emergency consultations and treatment.

Conditions

Community Dentistry; Emergencies

Keywords

Dentistry; Dental care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Dental care reported in the medical record

  Types of emergency dental care parformed among patients referred by the Health Care Access Center at the dental service of the University Hospital of Nancy

  24 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Costs

  24 months

• Days of dental emergencies

  24 months

• Follow-up

  24 months

Interventions

No intervention (observational study) OTHER

Retrospective description of diagnostics and treatements of dental emergencies

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients from the dental Health Care Access Facility who consulted for a dental emergency at the dental department of the University Hospital of Nancy

You may qualify if:

• All patients from the dental Health Care Access Facility who consulted for a dental emergency at the dental department of the University Hospital of Nancy from 1st January 2023 to 31 December 2024.

You may not qualify if:

• Patient who has objected to the use of his or her medical data

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Central Hospital, Nancy, France: lead

Study Sites (1)

CHRU Nancy

Nancy, 54000, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Emergencies

Interventions

Observation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Methods; Investigative Techniques

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Dental hospital practitioner and associate professor (MCU-PH)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2024
• First Posted: July 18, 2024
• Study Start: July 22, 2024
• Primary Completion: July 7, 2025
• Study Completion: September 5, 2025
• Last Updated: March 27, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-03

Locations

FR (1)