Affiliation:
1. Master Program in Pediatric Dentistry School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto University of São Paulo Ribeirão Preto São Paulo Brazil
2. PhD Program in Pediatric Dentistry School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto University of São Paulo Ribeirão Preto São Paulo Brazil
3. Department of Pediatric Dentistry School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto University of São Paulo Ribeirão Preto São Paulo Brazil
Abstract
AbstractAimThe aim of this study was to evaluate outpatient and inpatient dental care for patients with disabilities from 2014 to 2023.Material and methodsA time series analysis was carried out with data from Brazil's public healthcare system, considering the outpatient productivity of Special Needs Dentistry specialists and hospitalizations (inpatient admissions) of patients with disabilities for dental procedures, both normalized to every 100,000 inhabitants (incidence). The significance level was set at 5%.ResultsIn the last 10 years, 22,420,859 procedures were carried out and 89,380 hospitalizations were approved. Trend analysis showed no significant temporal variation in the incidence of both variables. Regarding the procedures, the majority were low‐complexity (82.1%, p < .001) and clinical (71.2%, p < .001). Periodontal (19.9%) and restorative (19.5%) procedures were the most frequent. Considering the hospitalizations, almost (R$) 40 million was allocated, and the majority were classified as elective (71.9%, p = .002) and of short duration (less than a day).ConclusionDental care for patients with disabilities presented patterns related to the types of procedures, complexity and circumstance, in addition to not showing significant temporal variation over the last 10 years.