A Survey of Distinctive Linguistic Information for Dentists to Reach a Diagnosis as Acute Suppurative Pulpitis-The Difference in Judgements between Beginners and Experts-

Onizuka C, Sera M, Nagamatsu H and Konoo T

Published on: 2024-06-03

Abstract

Dentists can diagnose most dental diseases using only language information from patients. However, it's possible to get information in the mouth and an X-ray, so there is ambiguity for the basis of linguistic information.

We tried to clarify the necessary linguistic information to diagnose "acute suppurative pulpitis." We investigated whether there was a difference in recognition between novices and experts. And we considered the linguistic information we're getting from the difference between the learning and the clinical experience.

We conducted questionnaire surveys that have 25 linguistic items using the Likert scale "5: A positive diagnosis of acute suppurative pulpitis" to "1: A negative diagnosis of acute suppurative pulpitis." We analyzed statistically whether or not there are differences depending on clinical experience.

As a result of the analysis, information to support a dentist diagnosed with acute suppurative pulpitis is “The pain is throbbing,"  “I was in pain last night and couldn't sleep," and “There is a hole in the tooth." Information that denied the diagnosis included “There is a fistula on the gums,"  “My tongue feels numb,"  “Tooth are buried in the gums," and “My throat is swollen.”.

Classified into two groups according to clinical experience of dentists, the results of the comparison, respectively, a significant difference was observed in 12 languages of information. Considering this result, the dentist, based on a variety of clinical experience, has found that there is a possibility that the tendency for pattern recognition is increased.