Appropriateness in Dentistry: A Survey Discovers Improper Procedures in Oral Medicine and Surgery

Table 4

Frequency distribution of number of errors for different kind of specialty.

	Modalities	Oral surgery	Dentistry	Orthodontics	None
Item 1. Prescription of tooth extraction in pregnancy	0	50%	94%	70%	70%
	1	50%	6%	30%	30%
Item 2. Biopsy in ulcerative lesion	0	100%	94%	70%	86%
	1	0%	6%	30%	14%
Item 3. Prescription of antibiotics prior to oral surgery	0	83%	67%	40%	59%
	1	17%	33%	60%	41%
Item 4. Prescription of topical and systemic antifungal drugs	0	83%	94%	90%	95%
	1	17%	6%	10%	5%
Item 5. Interruption of antiplatelet or anticoagulant drugs prior to dental extraction	0	100%	67%	60%	66%
	1	0%	33%	40%	34%
Item 6. Diagnosis of periodontal disease when gum is inflamed	0	67%	72%	60%	73%
	1	33%	28%	40%	27%
Item 7. Prescription for extraction of lowering molar	0	100%	94%	80%	88%
	1	0%	6%	20%	12%
Item 8. Prevention on tumors of oral cavity	0	50%	78%	40%	51%
	1	50%	22%	60%	49%
Item 9. Prescription of X-ray-OPG	0	50%	22%	60%	51%
	1	50%	78%	40%	49%
Item 10. Prescription of systemic antibiotics	0	100%	78%	60%	67%
	1	0%	22%	40%	33%