Change of Outpatient Oral Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience of an Italian Center

Bennardo, Francesco; Antonelli, Alessandro; Barone, Selene; Figliuzzi, Michele Mario; Lombardo, Fortunato; Giudice, Amerigo

doi:10.1155/2020/8893423

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“…Episodic illness and seeking care require the specialists to address the issues promptly to prevent aggravation. Addressing episodic illness through specialists care during this pandemic requires revamping of protocols so that there is standardization of outpatient activities with remote triage, protections, diagnostic tests, and precautions that allow provision of care while minimizing risk for both surgeons and patients [ 44 ]. With the diversion of all personnel resources, maximizing the availability of specialists for treatment of episodic illness requires adapting alternative treatment strategies [ 45 ].…”

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Access to Healthcare during COVID-19

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Sreeganga²,

Ramaprasad

2021

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Ensuring access to healthcare is critical to prevent illnesses and deaths from COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 cases in health systems that have deteriorated during the pandemic. This study aims to map the existing literature on healthcare access after the appearance of COVID-19 using an ontological framework. This will help us to formalize, standardize, visualize and assess the barriers to and drivers of access to healthcare, and how to continue working towards a more accessible health system. A total of 131 articles are included and considered for mapping in the framework. The results were also compared to the World Health Organization guidelines on maintaining essential health services to determine the overlapping and nonoverlapping areas. We showed the benefits of using ontology to promote a systematic approach to address healthcare problems of access during COVID-19 or other pandemics and set public policies. This systematic approach will provide feedback to study the existing guidelines to make them more effective, learn about the existing gaps in research, and the relationship between the two of them. These results set the foundation for the discussion of future public health policies and research in relevant areas where we might pay attention.

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Access to Healthcare during COVID-19

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Sreeganga²,

Ramaprasad

2021

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“…A better understanding of cases’ and vaccines’ characteristics affecting the occurrence of oral lesions following anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine administration may enhance oral healthcare workers’ awareness and preparedness to comprehensively provide oral and dental care [ 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 ], as well as in interdisciplinary settings [ 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 ].…”

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Oral Lesions Following Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination: A Systematic Review

Spirito

Amato

Palo

et al. 2022

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Increasing evidence relate anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations to orofacial adverse reactions, therefore, the present systematic review aimed to evaluate primary oral lesions diagnosed in adult subjects, following the WHO Emergency Use Listing approved and EMA authorized vaccines, also in relation to cases’ age, gender, comorbidities, and history of COVID-19, and in relation to vaccine type and doses. The study protocol, registered on PROSPERO (CRD42022339032) and compliant with the PRISMA statement, included an electronic search across Scopus, MEDLINE/PubMed, BioMed Central databases, and PROSPERO, ended on 18 June 2022 and succeeded by a manual search, an independent data extraction, and arisk of bias evaluation through ROBINS-I tool. Qualitatively synthesized data from the 13studies included showed an overall low prevalence (16 cases), though higher in females (68.8%), of oral lesions, mainly erosions and ulcers (34.5%). Nine cases were diagnosed following Pfizer-BioNTech, two Moderna, and one AstraZeneca, Serum Institute of India, Sinopharm, and Johnson&Johnson vaccines, respectively; specifically, eight after the first dose and seven after the second. In one case, vaccine type and dose were not specified. Considering newly developing vaccines, presented findings may be updated and further studies needed to highlight factors affecting oral lesion occurrence and specific macro-microscopic phenotypes in relation to cases’ and vaccines’ characteristics.

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“…In the past two years, recommendations have been made to reduce the risk of viral transmission following the emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, which includes reducing the formation of aerosols during dental treatments [ 33 , 34 , 35 ].…”

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Comparison between Magneto-Dynamic, Piezoelectric, and Conventional Surgery for Dental Extractions: A Pilot Study

Bennardo

Barone

Vocaturo³

et al. 2023

Dentistry Journal

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This pilot split-mouth study aimed to evaluate and compare early postoperative discomfort and wound healing outcomes in post-extraction sockets after dental extraction performed with a Magnetic Mallet (MM), piezosurgery, and conventional instruments (EudraCT 2022-003135-25). Twenty-two patients requiring the extraction of three non-adjacent teeth were included. Each tooth was randomly assigned to a specific treatment (control, MM, or piezosurgery). Outcome measures were the severity of symptoms after surgery, wound healing assessed at the 10-days follow-up visit, and the time taken to complete each procedure (excluding suturing). Two-way ANOVA and Tukey’s multiple comparisons tests were performed to evaluate eventual differences between groups. There were no statistically significant differences between the compared methods in postoperative pain and healing, and no additional complications were reported. MM required significantly less time to perform a tooth extraction, followed by conventional instruments and piezosurgery, in increasing order (p < 0.05). Overall, the present findings suggest the use of MM and piezosurgery as valid options for dental extractions. Further randomized controlled studies are needed to confirm and extend this study’s results, facilitating the selection of the optimal method for an individual patient depending on the patient’s needs and preferences.

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Change of Outpatient Oral Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience of an Italian Center

Cited by 12 publications

References 21 publications

Access to Healthcare during COVID-19

Access to Healthcare during COVID-19

Oral Lesions Following Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination: A Systematic Review

Comparison between Magneto-Dynamic, Piezoelectric, and Conventional Surgery for Dental Extractions: A Pilot Study

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