COVID‐19 affected patients' utilization of dental care service

Jiang, Yalong; Tang, Tianyi; Li, Mei; Li, Huang

doi:10.1111/odi.13568

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“…Nearly half of elderly are not afraid of being contaminated by COVID-19 in the dental office, but the majority agree with medium to high risk of contamination. Most adults worried a little about the risk of COVID-19 infection and believe there is a moderate risk of infection in a dental visit (Jiang et al, 2020), supporting our findings. Adopting biosafety protocols to prevent virus contamination is essential in light of the high-risk complications of SARS-CoV-2 in elderly people (Zhou et al, 2020).…”

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“…At the beginning of the pandemic, a reduction of 38% of patient's visits to a Chinese dental emergency service was observed (Guo et al, 2020). Dental services were affected negatively by the pandemic, enhancing patients' worries about the potential risk of COVID-19 contamination in a crowded environment, as in a dental hospital (Jiang et al, 2020). In contrast, findings from Brazilian dentists showed massive elective dental visits of adults to perform prophylaxis, restorative and esthetic procedures, contradicting quarantine recommendations to stay at home (Faccini et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In Brazil, 64.5% of the dentists attended urgent and emergent cases and only 9.3% closed the dental clinics during the pandemic (Faccini et al, 2020). As most dentists denied ADA recommendations, orthodontic, prosthetic, restorative procedures, dental-pulp infections, and cellulitis treatments counted for most of the reported dental urgencies (Faccini et al, 2020;Guo et al, 2020;Jiang et al, 2020).…”

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Assistência odontológica para idosos durante a pandemia da COVID-19: Uma perspectiva brasileira

Carletti

Meira

Gama

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Aim: This study evaluated the need for dental assistance of elderly people during the COVID-19 outbreak. Methodology: This online observational survey included Brazilian elderly aged ≥ 60 years, with internet access from all Brazil's regions. They completed questionnaires regarding sociodemographic characteristics, general health, COVID fear (scale FCV-19S), and dental assistance. Data were tabulated and analyzed using descriptive and inferential analysis (α = 5%). Results: Overall, 705 elderly people completed the questionnaire. Most volunteers needed dental assistance (58.6%) although only 31.3% visited a dental office, reporting a dental urgency. Elderly had elective appointments (96.3%) in private dental services (95.9%), mostly accompanied during dental assistance (81.6%), without the need to wait (50.7%). Prosthodontic and restorative interventions were the most required procedures. In the dental office, the fear of being contaminated by COVID-19 existed in 53.9%, while the risk of being contaminated was considered medium (46%). Elderly from Northern, Northeastern, and Central-Western, with low educational level, previous COVID-19 diagnosis, and with highest FCV-19S scores had more fear of contamination in the dental office (all p <0.05). In Northern, Northeastern, and Southeastern Brazil, elderly with worse educational levels, and those with greatest FCV-19S scores (all p <0.05) considered the risk of being contaminated in dental offices. Conclusions: Finally, Brazilian elderly people still need dental assistance during the outbreak. Low-educational levels, previous COVID-19 diagnosis, fear of COVID-19, and highly affected Brazilian regions exhibited increased fear of being contaminated in the dental office, which may prevent them from seeking help.

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Assistência odontológica para idosos durante a pandemia da COVID-19: Uma perspectiva brasileira

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“…There is no doubt that the covid-19 affected the dental patients' choices, alternatives and behavior (Jiang, Tang, Mei, & Li, 2020). Many of patients were seeking dental care in hospitals in the first months of the pandemic where many procedures were practiced according to the clinical practice guideline (Wu et al, 2021).…”

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The impact of Covid-19 pandemic over the dental patients

Carvalho¹,

Rocha

Júnior³

et al. 2021

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Objective: Covid-19 is a highly infectious disease; it is transmitted by patients’ secretions and respiratory droplets SARS-CoV-2 was detected in patients saliva making dental care professionals more susceptible for contamination and the patient less safe while seeking the dental treatment. Methodology: This quantitative study was elaborated through a questionnaire for patients who frequently seek dental care in private and publica dental care units. A total of 205 over-18 patients were included, those who left one or more questions without answer were excluded. Participants were able to refuse to answer any question or to participate in the questionnaire at all. The questionnaire was composed of five questions. Participants were divided into two groups: Group 1: private dental offices patients (n=98); Group 2: public dental clinic patients (n=107). Results: there was a significant difference between groups 1 and 2, in which 50% of group 1 feel safe while seeking dental care during the Covid-19 pandemic in comparison with 72.89% of group 2. There was no significant difference between groups 1 and 2, in which 93.87 and 94.39% of groups 1 and 2 respectively feel safe with the professionals' PPE and consider it sufficient. About 59.81% of the participants of group 2 do not feel insecure with the cross contamination caused by SARS-CoV-2 in collective health care units. Finally, there was a significant difference between groups 1 and 2, in which 74.48% of group 1 prefer to be attended by vaccinated professionals, instead of only 56.07% of group 2. Conclusion: it was concluded that not all dental patients feel safe while seeking dental treatment during the Covid-19 pandemic, however, they consider the professional PPE sufficient. Patients feel safe to be attended by vaccinated professionals.

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“…Older people and those presenting co-morbidities such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, or diseases affecting the respiratory system are at high risk for a COVID-19 infection [ 15 ]. Especially in dental practices, where clinical treatments involve the production of droplets and aerosols, a possible risk for the transmission of the coronavirus has been discussed [ 16 , 17 ], which has also led to concerns in the patient population [ 18 ]. In addition, crowded waiting rooms in medical institutions might produce a risk of spreading the virus among patients [ 19 ].…”

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Older Seniors during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Social Support and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life

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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has greatly affected all parts of private life and led to social distancing and self-isolation. Limited social support for older or frail people might have led to decreased oral health and its related quality of life. The current study aimed to investigate the social support of older seniors and self-perceived oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Questionnaires were sent to all patients of the Dental Clinic of the University of Leipzig (Germany) aged 75, 80, or 85 years (n = 1228) at the end of February 2021. Besides demographic characteristics and care level, an adapted German version of the ENRICHD Social Support Inventory (ESSI-D) and the German Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) were included. The response rate was 35.7% (n = 439). Twelve replies were not included in the data analysis as participants had either no interest, were cognitively impaired, or did not match the required age group. Analysis of ESSI-D revealed low social support for 13.2% (n = 53/403) of the seniors. No statistically significant impact of assigned care level on low social support was identified. Seniors with an assigned care level (CLyes) presented higher OHIP-14 sum scores (CLno/CLyes 6.43/10.12; p < 0.001). This was also true for six of the seven OHIP-14 domains, except for functional limitation. Regarding seniors with an assigned care level, a weak positive correlation was identified for sum scores of the ESSI-D and the OHIP-14 (r = 0.29). Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, older seniors reported high self-perceived social support. As seniors with an assigned care level revealed more impaired OHRQoL and a correlation with lower social support, special attention should be given to this vulnerable and frail group in times of a pandemic. When restrictions may minimize access to dental treatment and might negatively influence the oral health of older seniors, health care programs should offer more individual options for dental/medical appointments.

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COVID‐19 affected patients' utilization of dental care service

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Assistência odontológica para idosos durante a pandemia da COVID-19: Uma perspectiva brasileira

Assistência odontológica para idosos durante a pandemia da COVID-19: Uma perspectiva brasileira

The impact of Covid-19 pandemic over the dental patients

Older Seniors during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Social Support and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life

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