Analysis of Bleeding and Clotting Time among Patients Visiting a Private Dental Hospital - an Institutional Study

Abstract

Introduction: Detection of dental problems starts from childhood, with regular check-ups to the dental specialist. Hemostasis is a stoppage of bleeding from damaged veins which includes a number of endothelial cells from vessels, small venules, or arterioles, then platelet plug is formed and eventually the bleeding stops. Aim: The main aim of this study is to analyse the Bleeding time and Clotting time among the patients visiting the private dental hospital. Materials and Methods: This study was based on the comparison of bleeding and clotting time among the patients. Samples size for the present study was collected from Jun 2019 to Feb 2021 using Dental hospital management study. This study includes 3428 patients. SPSS software had been used in the analysis and the results were described in the pictorial graphs. Results: Among the total patients, 41.45% of them were males and 58.55% of them were females. It was observed that the females had a higher percentage of both bleeding time (1 min 21 sec) with p=0.402 and clotting time (6 min 11 sec) with p=0.300 compared to males. However, this was not statistically significant, as the chi square test showed p > 0.05. Conclusion: Dentists are facing a consistently increasing number of conditions associated with abnormal hemostatic function. In this study, it is found that females have more bleeding and clotting time as compared to males due to the hormonal differences.