Prevalence of complications in oral surgeries per- formed by undergraduate students

DYEMES CARTEGYANO GOMES DE-SOUZA, CARLA ALINE CHAVES BATISTA, ALLAN VINÍCIUS DE CAMARGOS ELIZÁRIO, NARA LINNE DA SILVA FOLHA, DOUGLAS RANGEL GOULART

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prev- alence of complications related to oral surgery performed by undergraduate students in a dental school. Methods: A retrospective study was carried out with medical records of patients treated at the dental clinic of the Euro-American University Center, from January 2011 to April 2018. Medical records have been selected of patients who had undergone oral surgery procedures, which presented description of the procedure and minimum follow-up of one week. Sociodemographic and surgical procedure data were collected. Descriptive and comparative statistical analysis was performed with the SPSS 18.0 program. Results: A total of 1,300 medical records were analyzed, and 319 met the inclusion criteria, with a total of 1,132 extracted teeth and two cases of frenectomy. The prevalence of females was observed (58.3%), the average age of the patients was 41.28 ± 14.59 years, men were older (p=0.01). Most patients did not report systemic disease (68.6%), the women presented more systemic disease (X2 =5.71; p=0.01). Most of patients underwent one (27.9%), two (23.8%) or three (12.5%) tooth extractions. Three cases of intraoperative complications were identified, one patient had vasovagal syncope, one case had oralantral communication and one case of intraoperative hemorrhage. Conclusion: There was a low prevalence of complications related to oral surgery, which is related to the implementation of a care protocol that includes detailed anamnesis, measurement of vital signs, selection of cases with less complexity and monitoring by specialized professionals.

Keywords: Dentistry education. Postoperative complications. Oral surgery.

How to cite: De-Souza DCG, Batista CAC, Elizário AVC, Folha NLS, Goulart DR. Prevalence of complications in oral surgeries performed by undergraduate students. J Braz Coll Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2021 Jan-Apr;7(1):23-31.

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