ArticleOral health & preventive dentistry2021
Effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Fear on Oral Health Status.
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- Practical applications of teledentistry during the Covid-19 pandemic in ASEAN member states - a systematic review.BMC oral health · 2024Pooled it
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- Oral Health and Dietary Habits Before and After COVID-19 Restrictions in a Portuguese Adult Population: An Observational Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Fear of COVID-19 and hygiene behaviors: a study of secondary school students in İstanbul.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 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
- Association between periodontal diseases and COVID-19 infection: a case-control study with a longitudinal arm.Odontology · 2023Article
- Associations between Periodontitis, COVID-19, and Cardiometabolic Complications: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Evidence.Metabolites · 2022Review
- Psychological Impact of COVID-19 in the Setting of Dentistry: A Review Article.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Association between COVID-19 stress, coping mechanisms and stress-related oral conditions among Egyptian adults: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Pandemic COVID-19 Influence on Adult's Oral Hygiene, Dietary Habits and Caries Disease-Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- The impact of COVID-19 on individual oral health: a scoping review.BMC oral health · 2022Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Antibiotic Prescribing by Dentists in Galicia, Spain: A Quasi-Experimental Approach.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Galectin-3 as a biomarker for periodontal disease severity in postcoronavirus disease 2019 patients: A clinical and biochemical investigation.Journal of Indian Society of PeriodontologyArticle
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the effects of COVID-19 fear on oral health status. MATERIALS AND
methodsA total of 1227 participants were enrolled in the study. The online survey link was circulated and responses were received. The questionnaire comprised a total of 24 closed-ended questions, which were divided into three sections. The first section focused on demographic information, the second section on the fear of COVID-19, and the third section focused on oral hygiene habits, dental complaints, and tendency to go to the dentist during the COVID-19 pandemic.
resultsParticipants who had a higher fear score compared to other respective populations during the corona virus pandemic started brushing more regularly, started to use oral care products more regularly (p = 0.001), increased sugary food consumption (p = 0.001), increased meat consumption (p = 0.017), increased vegetable consumption (p = 0.019), had increased tooth hypersensitivity, had increased toothache, had increased swelling/abscess on face due to tooth decay (p = 0.001), had increased restoration failures, had increased problems with prostheses (p = 0.007), had increased bleeding and pain in the periodontal tissue, had increased oral malodor, had increased bruxism (p = 0.001), had a dental problem but hesitated to visit a dentist, and thought that dental clinics are at risk of COVID-19 contamination (p = 0.001).
conclusionFear of COVID-19 was higher in participants who started to pay more attention to their oral hygiene habits, had a change in food consumption frequency and rate, had an increase in oral and dental health complaints, and had dental problems but hesitated to visit a dentist.
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