Odontogenic Infections: Disease Burden During COVID-19 at a Single Institution

Johnson, Robert E.; Foy, Trayvon E.; Ellingsen, Taylor A.; Nelson, J. Luke; Dillon, Jasjit K.

doi:10.1016/j.joms.2020.10.015

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“…This didn't happen. A decrease in the accesses for odontogenic abscesses was also observed during lockdown in the United Kingdom [29,30], in the USA [31] and in France [32], but in our study, this decrease was also found in the post-lockdown period. It dropped from a percentage of 8.6% (prelockdown period) to 4.7% during the lockdown and then in the post-lockdown period to 6.7%.…”

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Odontogenic Abscesses during the Pandemic by SARS-CoV-2

Galli¹

2022

Open Access J Dent Oral Surg

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Dental abscess are pathologies caused by infectious processes in the teeth and/or their surrounding tissues. They can lead to complications, or in some cases they can be lethal, in base of the anatomy of the area of the oral cavity in which they develop. Therefore, this is a recurrent reason why patients with an odontogenic abscess may need to go to the dental emergency room. In this study, the access data to the emergency room of the “Policlinico Umberto I” of patients with odontogenic abscesses were analyzed and were put into a relation with the epidemic by SARS-CoV-2. The periods of 2019 and 2020 have been taken into consideration and the pre- and post- lockdown periods were analyzed by comparing the data. Due to the restrictions imposed during the lockdown in Italy, we would have expected an increase in the number of accesses to the dental emergency room for odontogenic abscesses, but the results showed a decrease in the percentage of accesses for this pathology. Having regard to the results, an attempt to give a logical explanation to this decline in the numbers recorded at our Polyclinic has been made.

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Odontogenic Abscesses during the Pandemic by SARS-CoV-2

Galli¹

2022

Open Access J Dent Oral Surg

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“…Johnson et al reported that a higher number of patients visited emergency endodontics clinics before the COVID-19 pandemic than during the pandemic (18). In our study, although there was a decrease in the number of individuals visiting undergraduate clinics of our endodontics department during the pandemic, the prevalence of individuals with the complaint of pain increased during the pandemic in comparison with the frequency before the pandemic (80.8% vs. 74%).…”

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Comparison of Clinical-related Characteristics of Endodontic Patients Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kaplan

2022

Clinical and Experimental Health Sciences

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Objective: To compare patient-related and clinical-related characteristics of endodontic patients, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The study population comprised 506 patients (teeth: n=674) aged 13–81 years who attended undergraduate dental clinics in the Endodontics Department of the Faculty of Dentistry at Biruni University for endodontic treatment. Patient-related and clinical-related data were compared at two time intervals: before the first COVID-19 case was reported in Turkey and after the first COVID-19 case was reported in Turkey Results: There were no significant differences in terms of age and sex of the patients attending the clinics before versus during the pandemic. The incidence of reported pain before the pandemic was significantly lower than that reported during the pandemic (p=0.041). Periapical health before the pandemic was significantly better than that during the pandemic (p

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“…In contrast, a Swiss study showed an increase in daily case numbers during the lockdown periods, but only the pre-COVID period 2020 served as a reference [ 8 ]. Regarding the number of odontogenic infections, an American study by Johnson et al showed a numerical decrease over the limited period from March to June, but a proportional increase compared to the years 2017–2019 [ 12 ]. Overall, there is currently little epidemiological data on the use of dental emergency service in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dental-maxillofacial emergency service of a German university hospital in the year 2020

Thiem¹,

Polsak²,

Romer³

et al. 2021

Clin Oral Invest

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Objectives COVID-19 is considered one of the most serious pandemic in history and has posed major challenges to the world’s health care. Dentistry and oral and maxillofacial surgery (CMFS) are particularly affected due to direct exposure to the respiratory tract, as the reservoir of SARS-CoV-2. In this study, the impact of the COVID-19-pandemic on a dental and CMFS emergency services in Germany in 2020 was first time investigated and correlated with governmental restriction measures in public life. Materials and methods Epidemiological data of a German University Hospital were analysed from a total of 8386 patients in 2019 and 2020. Parameters included information on demographics, time, weekday and reason for presentation, as well as diagnosis and therapy performed. Data from 2020 were compared with those from 2019, taking into account the nationwide periods of public life restrictions. Results In 2020, 22% fewer patients presented via dental and CMFS emergency service. In a monthly comparison, there were negative peaks of up to − 41% in November, but also a plus of 26% in July. The largest decreases were recorded during the lockdown periods in spring (− 33%) and winter (− 39%). Further, a threefold increase in actual emergencies and inpatient admissions revealed during these time periods (p < 0.001). Conclusions COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the dental and CMFS emergency service in 2020 resulting in more severe cases. Clinical relevance This study underlines the importance of maintaining an emergency service system and basic outpatient care in these specialities, which requires uniform recommendations from the medical-dental societies and politics.

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Odontogenic Infections: Disease Burden During COVID-19 at a Single Institution

Cited by 10 publications

References 5 publications

Odontogenic Abscesses during the Pandemic by SARS-CoV-2

Odontogenic Abscesses during the Pandemic by SARS-CoV-2

Comparison of Clinical-related Characteristics of Endodontic Patients Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dental-maxillofacial emergency service of a German university hospital in the year 2020

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