Observational studyInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Impact of COVID-19 on Dental Care during a National Lockdown: A Retrospective Observational Study.
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- Treatment patterns and clinical interventions in pediatric dental emergencies during COVID-19.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Determinants of the number of dental visits in the general adult population in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing the Choice of Conservative and Surgical Procedures in Dental Patients from Poland: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of COVID-19 spread on visit intervals and clinical parameters for patients with periodontitis in supportive periodontal therapy: a retrospective study.Journal of periodontal & implant science · 2024Article
- Inequalities in access to NHS primary care dental services in Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic.British dental journal · 2023Article
- Determining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dental Care in the Serbian Adult Population: An Online Questionnaire-Based Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Article
- Self-Reported Periodontal Disease and Its Association with SARS-CoV-2 Infection.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Effectiveness and patient satisfaction of dental emergencies in Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, during the COVID 19 pandemic.Journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine · 2022Article
- Patient-reported orofacial-dental pain severity and tele-triage decisions during COVID-19 pandemic: Does the severity of pain drive tele-triage decisions?BMC oral health · 2022Article
- Is tele-diagnosis of dental conditions reliable during COVID-19 pandemic? Agreement between tentative diagnosis via synchronous audioconferencing and definitive clinical diagnosis.Journal of dentistry · 2022Article
- Dental Service and Resource Needs during COVID-19 among Underserved Populations.JDR clinical and translational research · 2022Article
- Factors Associated with Regular Dental Checkups' Discontinuation during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey in Japan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Self-Reported Dietary Choices and Oral Health Care Needs during COVID-19 Quarantine: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Dental and Oral Manifestations of COVID-19 Related Mucormycosis: Diagnoses, Management Strategies and Outcomes.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Special Teaching Formats during the COVID-19 Pandemic-A Survey with Implications for a Crisis-Proof Education.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has challenged dental health professions. This study analyzes its impact on urgent dental care in the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology, University Hospital Munich and Bavaria, Germany. Patient numbers without and with positive/suspected COVID-19 infection, their reasons for attendance, and treatments were retrospectively recorded (February-July 2020) and linked to local COVID-19 infection numbers, control measures, and numbers/reasons for closures of private dental practices in Bavaria, Germany. Patient numbers decreased within the urgent care unit and the private dental practices followed by a complete recovery by the end of July. While non-emergency visits dropped to almost zero during the first lockdown, pain-related treatments were administered invariably also in patients with positive/suspected COVID-19 infections. Reasons for practice closures were lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), lack of employees, staff's increased health risks, and infected staff, which accounted for 0.72% (3.6% closures in total). Pain-driven urgent dental care remains a constant necessity even in times of high infection risk, and measures established at the beginning of the pandemic seem to have provided a safe environment for patients as well as oral health care providers. PPE storage is important to ensure patients' treatment under high-risk conditions, and its storage and provision by regulatory units might guarantee a stable and safe oral health care system in the future.
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