Análise comparativa do cirurgião-dentista e do cirurgião bucomaxilofacial frente às complicações em cirurgia oral.

Abstract

During or after performing oral surgery there is the possibility of occurrence of surgical complications, being alveolitis or alveolar osteitis, root fracture, hemorrhage, infection and oroantral communication the most frequent cases. The conduct of the dental surgeon facing these complications is of fundamental importance for the resolution and reversal of the occurred frame. This study aims to compare the conduct of the general practitioner dentist (group A) and maxillofacial surgeon (group B) facing the occurrence of complications in oral surgery. A specific questionnaire was elaborated with thirteen questions addressing demographic and specific data. The questionnaire was administered to 40 (forty) DS and 32 (thirty-two) maxillofacial surgeons working in the state of Paraiba, Brazil. The collected data were submitted in the light of descriptive statistics and the Fisher exact test or chi-square, with 5% significance. Most of the group's interviewed from group A is of the female gender (80%) and group B with the male gender (90.6%), age range being similar between groups. and the similar age group between groups. Was observed satisfactory level of knowledge from the interviewed professionals in front of the proper treatment of oroantral communication, root fracture, bleeding, jaw fracture, tooth fragment aspiration and alveolitis. Based on the methodology used in this study it was observed a satisfactory level of knowledge of the professionals evaluated regarding the management facing the occurrence of complications in oral surgery.