ArticleJournal of the American Dental Association (1939)2021
COVID-2019 among dentists in the United States: A 6-month longitudinal report of accumulative prevalence and incidence.
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- Dental Treatment and Risk of COVID-19 in Japan.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2023Article
- The Oral Cavity Potentially Serving as a Reservoir for SARS-CoV-2 but Not Necessarily Facilitating the Spread of COVID-19 in Dental Practice.European journal of dentistry · 2023Article
- Occupational role and COVID-19 among foreign-born healthcare workers in Sweden: a registry-based study.European journal of public health · 2023Article
- Impact of DHCWs' Safety Perception on Vaccine Acceptance and Adoption of Risk Mitigation Strategies.JDR clinical and translational research · 2023Article
- COVID-19 infection rates and mitigation strategies in orthodontic practices.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Dentists' lived experience of providing dental care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study in Mashhad, Iran.Frontiers in oral health · 2023Article
- Symptoms trend and challenges in dental practice during delta variance COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia: Google Trends Analysis.F1000Research · 2023Article
- SARS-CoV-2 TEST OUTCOMES AMONG DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS WITH COVID-19-LIKE COMPLAINTS - A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS FROM THE NETHERLANDS.The journal of evidence-based dental practice · 2022Article
- Assessment of dental health care personnel protocol deviations and self-contamination during personal protective equipment donning and doffing.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issuedCorrections.2021
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Abstract
backgroundIn 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the America Dental Association released COVID-19 infection control interim guidance for US dentists, advising the use of optimal personal protection equipment during aerosol-generating procedures. The aim of this longitudinal study was to determine the cumulative prevalence and incidence rates of COVID-19 among dentists and to assess their level of engagement in specific infection control practices.
methodsUS dentists were invited to participate in a monthly web-based survey from June through November 2020. Approximately one-third of initial respondents (n = 785) participated in all 6 surveys, and they were asked about COVID-19 testing received, symptoms experienced, and infection prevention procedures followed in their primary practice.
resultsOver a 6-month period, the cumulative COVID-19 infection prevalence rate was 2.6%, representing 57 dentists who ever received a diagnosis of COVID-19. The incidence rates ranged from 0.2% through 1.1% each month. The proportion of dentists tested for COVID-19 increased over time, as did the rate of dentists performing aerosol-generating procedures. Enhanced infection prevention and control strategies in the dental practice were reported by nearly every participant monthly, and rates of personal protection equipment optimization, such as changing masks after each patient, dropped over time.
conclusionsUS dentists continue to show a high level of adherence to enhanced infection control procedures in response to the ongoing pandemic, resulting in low rates of cumulative prevalence of COVID-19. Dentists are showing adherence to a strict protocol for enhanced infection control, which should help protect their patients, their dental team members, and themselves. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: COVID-19 infections among practicing dentists will likely remain low if dentists continue to adhere to guidance.
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