@article{Lima_Magalhães_Oliveira_Freitas_Ferreira_Martins_2022, title={Pain Perception Before Endodontic Treatment: from Primary Care to Specialized Care}, volume={22}, url={https://revista.uepb.edu.br/PBOCI/article/view/1310}, abstractNote={<div><strong><span lang="EN-US">Objective: </span></strong><span lang="EN-US">To </span><span lang="EN-US">analyze patients’ pain perception requiring endodontic treatment referred to a Dental Specialties Center</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><strong><span lang="EN-US">Material and Methods: </span></strong><span lang="EN-US">Data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire for patients about their experience of pain and another for endodontists about the treatment performed. The results were analyzed descriptively using Pearson’s Chi-square test and Fisher’s Exact test, with Bonferroni correction (p≤0.05). </span><strong><span lang="EN-US">Results: </span></strong><span lang="EN-US">The median age of the patients was 39 years, and 71.1% were female. The median waiting time for treatment was five months. Pain was reported by 75.2% of patients, occurred more than one month earlier (63.6%), with moderate/severe intensity (66.9%), and most patients sought emergency treatment more than once (79.1%). In addition, pain was associated with sex (female; p=0.008); moderate/severe intensity (p<0.001); the number of times that patient had to go to the dentist because of the tooth treatment (twice or more; p=0.002); and type of tooth treated (posterior tooth; p=0.002)</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><strong><span lang="EN-US">Conclusion: </span></strong><span lang="EN-US">Severe pain episodes resulted in a repeated search for emergency services, which may overload the primary care service, especially if the waiting time for endodontic treatment is long.</span></div>}, journal={Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada}, author={Lima, Rafael Franco and Magalhães, Maria Beatriz Pires and Oliveira, Douglas Vaz and Freitas, Daniel Augusto Sabadini and Ferreira, Efigênia Ferreira and Martins, Renata Castro}, year={2022}, month={Jun.}, pages={e200183} }