[Analysis of dental care provided to the adult population with infectious diseases in in-patient departments].

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to analyze the types and volumes of treatment and prophylactic services provided to the adult population with infectious diseases in the dental office of a multidisciplinary hospital.\n\n\nMATERIALS AND METHODS\nThe types and volumes of dental care provided to the adult population with infectious diseases in a multidisciplinary hospital have been analyzed.\n\n\nRESULTS\nThe study showed that dentists use 49 types of services when treating adults with infectious diseases, which corresponds to 29.88% of the compulsory medical insurance classifier in Moscow. Provided services can be conditionally divided into 4 groups: consultation, diagnostic, preventive and medicinal manipulations. The share of consulting services corresponds to 18.16±0.41% of the total volume of services provided; on average patients made 320.8 visits to the dentist s doctors per year, which corresponds to 2.38 visits for each patient. The proportion of medicinal manipulations, diagnostic and preventive services corresponds to 68.64±0.49%, 7.02±0.27% and 6.17±0.26%, respectively. Services related to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the oral mucosa and salivary glands dominate with 69.3%, on average 5.51 services are provided per visit.\n\n\nCONCLUSION\nThe compulsory medical insurance program for the city of Moscow should provide services for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of dental diseases, provided by doctors specializing in «dentistry», for patients with infectious diseases who are undergoing treatment in inpatient conditions.