Dental Emergencies Among Patients of the Health Care Access Facility at the University Hospital of Nancy (urgPASSdent)

The dental Health Care Access Facility at the University Hospital of Nancy opened in January 2023. The patients ot the dental Health Care Access Facility consulting the dental department have largely been treated as dental emergencies. However, to date, no study has been carried out into the nature of these patients' consultations or treatments. This new patient management has necessitated adaptations within the dental department, but there are no data to enable us to better understand and organize the care of these patients. Moreover, the cost of dental emergencies has not been estimated.

Our hypotheses are that patients of the dental Health Care Access Facility consulted mainly the dental departement for painful emergencies and that the emergency dental cares were provided rapidly and at low cost. On the other hand, patient flow was probably correlated with the days when a social worker of the dental Health Care Access Facility was present, referring patients to the dental department.

The main aim of the study is to describe the nature of emergency dental care provided to patients of the dental Health Care Access Facility at the dental department of the University Hospital of Nancy.

The secondary objectives are: i) to describe the temporality of dental emergency consultations for patients of the dental Health Care Access Facility, ii) to describe the rate of dental consultations secondary to an initial emergency consultation, and iii) describe the direct cost of emergency consultations and treatment.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Emergencies; Community Dentistry
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: No intervention (observational study)

Detailed Description

In France, the Health Care Access Facilities are gateway medical and social services for people who need healthcare but have difficulty accessing it due to lack of social protection, living conditions or financial difficulties. They provide access to medical and dental consultations. The development of dental Health Care Access Facilities across France is helping to improve the territorial coverage of primary care services. Consultations, diagnostic and treatments are provided free of charge to patients of the Health Care Access Facilities.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 611

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Nancy, France, 54000
    • CHRU Nancy

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients from the dental Health Care Access Facility who consulted for a dental emergency at the dental department of the University Hospital of Nancy

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients from the dental Health Care Access Facility who consulted for a dental emergency at the dental department of the University Hospital of Nancy from 1st January 2023 to 31 December 2024.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient who has objected to the use of his or her medical data

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Dental care reported in the medical record	Types of emergency dental care parformed among patients referred by the Health Care Access Center at the dental service of the University Hospital of Nancy	24 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Costs	Cost of consultations and treatments performed at the dental service	24 months
Days of dental emergencies	Month and day of the week of emergency consultations for patients of the dental Health Care Access Center	24 months
Follow-up	Number of dental consultations in the dental service following an initial emergency consultation	24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 22, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 7, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): September 5, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 11, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): July 18, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 27, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 23, 2026
• Last Verified: March 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Dentistry; Dental care
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Emergencies; Investigative Techniques; Methods; Observation
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2024PI135

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No