Table 3 Information on the oral care performed by participants on patients taking biologics or immunosuppressants
Type of oral procedures performed by the practitioners themselves | All practitionersa N = 104 (%) | Specialized dentist activityc N = 47 (%) | General dentist activity N = 57 (%) | P-value | All practitionersb N = 103 (%) | Specialized dentist activityc N = 47 (%) | General dentist activity N = 56 (%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In patients under biologics | In patients under immunosuppressants | |||||||
None | 1 (0.96) | 1 (2.13) | 0 (0.00) | 0.26 | 2 (1.94) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (3.57) | 0.19 |
Rubber dam application | 38 (36.54) | 6 (12.77) | 32 (56.14) | < 0.001 | 40 (38.83) | 6 (12.77) | 34 (60.71) | < 0.001 |
Dental pulp treatment | 43 (41.35) | 4 (8.51) | 39 (68.42) | < 0.001 | 43 (41.74) | 4 (8.51) | 39 (69.64) | < 0.001 |
Scaling and root planing | 75 (72.12) | 25 (53.19) | 50 (87.72) | < 0.001 | 76 (73.79) | 27 (57.45) | 49 (87.50) | < 0.001 |
Dental extraction(s) | 89 (85.58) | 38 (80.85) | 51 (89.47) | 0.31 | 87 (84.47) | 38 (80.85) | 49 (87.50) | 0.22 |
Osseous surgery | 43 (41.35) | 32 (68.09) | 11 (19.30) | < 0.001 | 39 (37.86) | 26 (55.32) | 13 (23.21) | 0.001 |
Mucosal or plastic surgery | 28 (26.92) | 20 (42.55) | 8 (14.04) | 0.01 | 27 (26.21) | 19 (40.42) | 8 (14.29) | 0.003 |
Preimplant surgery | 9 (8.65) | 9 (19.15) | 0 (0.00) | < 0.001 | 9 (8.74) | 7 (14.89) | 2 (3.57) | 0.04 |
Implant(s) placement | 18 (17.31) | 13 (27.66) | 5 (8.77) | 0.01 | 14 (13.59) | 9 (19.15) | 5 (8.93) | 0.13 |