ArticleSaudi journal of biological sciences2021
Changing trends in the outpatient dental visits during the COVID - 19 pandemic in a tertiary care hospital.
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- "Lessons to Be Learned After the Storm"-A Retrospective Study on the Characteristics and Management of Dental Emergency Patients During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Riyadh.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence of dental caries among coronavirus disease 2019-recovered patients and correlation with salivary total antioxidant capacity in Kalaburagi region of Indian subpopulation.Journal of conservative dentistry and endodontics · 2024Article
- Dental trauma trends in emergency care:a comparative analysis before, during, and after COVID-19.Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons · 2023Article
- Trends of patients' visit at the University Dental Hospital prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
- The impact of parents' fears of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on children's visits to pediatric dental offices in Iran.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on individual oral health: a scoping review.BMC oral health · 2022Article
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Abstract
The coronavirus pandemic has caused a global public health crisis with an unprecedented shutdown of major establishments and non-emergency services. Disruptions across the country in dental hospitals led to challenges in addressing patient's dental complaints. The present study aimed to analyse the difference in the pattern of the Outpatient dental visits during the pandemic period in comparison to that of the pre-pandemic period in a tertiary care hospital. This retrospective study was carried out by retrieving the patient data from the diagnostic register of the Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology for a period of one year. The data that was retrieved from 24th September 2019 to 23rd March 2020 was categorized under the pre-pandemic period and the data from 24th March 2020 to 24th September 2020 was grouped under the pandemic period. Patient data regarding the age, gender and clinical diagnosis was recorded and categorized under three main categories: "Emergency", "urgent" and "elective". 7550 patients during pre-pandemic period and 4035 patients during the pandemic period visited the dental hospital during the study period. Under the "emergency dental care" category, during the pre-pandemic period, majority of the cases reported of acute dental pain (71.0%) followed by cellulitis and space infection (20.1%) and maxillofacial trauma (8.7%). During the pandemic period, acute dental pain consisted of all emergency visits (n = 307). The proportion of emergency dental visits during the pandemic were significantly higher than the pre-pandemic period. Elective dental visits were significantly higher during pre-pandemic period in comparison to the pandemic period. (P < 0.001). There was a notable change in the outpatient trend of the dental visits during the COVID-19 pandemic in comparison to the pre-pandemic period. Emergency dental services were utilized at a higher rate during the pandemic period in comparison to the pre-pandemic counterpart.
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