Conduta clínica e cirúrgica do Cirurgião-Dentista frente ao paciente hipertenso e diabético.

Abstract

Before performing surgical procedures, is necessary to observe the general health condition of the patient, paying attention to the clinical conditions that can inspire special care, as hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Objective of this study was to evaluate the conduct of the dentists the Basic Health Units in the city of Patos, Paraíba, in front of the clinical and surgical care of patients with hypertension and / or diabetes. Two models of questionnaires were developed, one subjective and the other objective, containing both, six questions of the same knowledge content. Initially the subjective questionnaire, followed by the objective questionnaire was applied. The data were submitted in the light of descriptive statist and Chisquare test and Fisher's exact with 5% significance. In a universe of thirty-nine dentists, the sample has to be made up of thirty-six professionals of both genders. It was found that most respondents obtained knowledge considered unsatisfactory, with 61.1% and 86.2% of errors in objective and subjective questionnaires, respectively. There was no statistically significant association in the responses obtained in the two types of questionnaires. It was concluded that the evaluated dentists have no adequate knowledge for conducting clinical care and / or surgical treatment for patients with hypertension and / or diabetes mellitus.