Tools for inventory control of dental supplies of a municipal health department: a case study

Aim: Carry out a descriptive and organizational analysis of the Oral Health warehouse of the Municipal Health Department in a city in the South of Brazil in order to assist in its management. Methods: This case study is a descriptive and organizational analysis of the Oral Health warehouse of the Municipal Health Department. The Always Better Control (ABC) curve, and Vital Essential Desirable (VED) analysis and ABC-VED matrix was performed, in order to assist the warehouse's management. The first stage was a descriptive situational analysis. In the second stage, the supplies were classified by the ABC curve and the VED analysis. Subsequently, the ABC-VED matrix was carried out. Results: Changes were made together with the local manager, such as organizing the products, labeling the items in the proper places and, carrying out the inventory more frequently (monthly). Furthermore, the method the first in, first out (FIFO) was applied. Of the 120 inputs, 13% corresponded to 65% of the expenditures (class A). In class B, close to 26% of the items accounted for 25% of the expenditures. Class C accounted for 10% of the costs and 61% of total materials. In the VED analysis, 19.2% of the items were classified as vital, and 62% and 19% as essential and desirable, respectively. In ABC-VED matrix, 23.3% (72%) belonged to category I, while 63% (25.6%) and 13% (2%) were classified in categories II and III, respectively. Conclusion: The use of inventory control tools granted a better storage of products and made it easier to find the items. The ABC curve, VED analysis and ABC-VED analysis allowed greater control, considering both cost and importance of supplies

Frequência de reabsorção radicular inflamatória decorrente de trauma em dentes anteriores / Inflammatory root resorption frequency due to trauma in anterior teeth

Objetivo: a reabsorção radicular inflamatória é uma das consequências do traumatismo dentário, sendo a detecção e o tratamento precoces determinantes na limitação de seus danos. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi investigar, em dentes anteriores permanentes traumatizados, a prevalência de reabsorção radicular inflamatória, relacionando-a com os diferentes tipos de traumatismos nos tecidos de sustentação e dentários. Sujeitos e método: os dados relativos à reabsorção inflamatória foram coletados a partir de 111 dentes, nos prontuários de 74 pacientes de um serviço de tratamento de trauma dental da FO/UFPel, no período de 2005 a 2011. Foram registrados, ainda, o sexo e a idade dos pacientes, os dentes envolvidos no trauma, a presença de rizogênese completa ou não e o tempo inicial para o aparecimento da reabsorção. A avaliação dos dados foi realizada por estatística descritiva e teste qui-quadrado, com correção de Yates, ao nível de significância de 5%. Resultados: a reabsorção radicular inflamatória foi mais frequente em pacientes do sexo masculino, em incisivos superiores, em dentes com rizogênese completa e nas lesões de menor gravidade nos tecidos dentários e de sustentação. Ainda, as lesões nos tecidos de sustentação, quando não combinadas às fraturas dentárias, apresentaram maior frequência de reabsorção. O tempo inicial para o aparecimento da patologia foi dentro dos primeiros trinta dias após o trauma. Conclusão: é importante diagnosticar detalhadamente os traumas nos tecidos dentários, a fim de verificar o comprometimento dos tecidos de sustentação, devendo a proservação desses casos ser sistemática e contínua para interceptar a reabsorção radicular.

Objective: inflammatory root resorption is one of the consequences of dental trauma so its early detection and treatment are crucial in limiting their damage. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of inflammatory root resorption in traumatized permanent anterior teeth, relating it to the different types of trauma in support and dental tissues. Subjects and method: data concerning inflammatory resorption were collected from 111 teeth, in medical records of 74 patients of a dental trauma care in UFPel’s Dentistry School, from 2005 to 2011. Gender and age of patients, teeth involved in the trauma, presence or absence of full rooting, and the initial time of root resorption emergence were also registered. Data assessment was performed by descriptive statistics and chi-square test with Yate’s correction, at significance level of 5%. Results: inflammatory root resorption was most frequent in male patients, in upper incisors, in teeth with complete root formation, and in minor injuries of dental and support tissues. Also, the supporting tissues injury presented higher resorption frequency when not combined with dental fractures. The starting time for pathology emergence was within the first thirty days after the trauma. Conclusion: it is important to thoroughly diagnose the trauma in dental tissues to verify the impairment of support tissues, since the proservation of these cases should be systematic and continuous to intercept root resorption.