Observational studyBMC oral health2022
A retrospective study on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on dental treatments in adults.
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- Teledentistry Improves Access to Oral Care: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Evaluation of Oral Health in Patients Undergoing Dental Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Unraveling the Link between Periodontitis and Coronavirus Disease 2019: Exploring Pathogenic Pathways and Clinical Implications.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Potential links between COVID-19 and periodontitis: a bioinformatic analysis based on GEO datasets.BMC oral health · 2022Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Paediatric Dental Treatment: A Retrospective Study in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim was to analyze the prevalence of dental treatments that were not performed in a dental care university referral center in the capital of Spain during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsThis was a retrospective observational study based on the registry of medical records. Sex, age, nationality, and the type of treatment that was not performed in the service of the Integrated Adult Dental Clinic subject of the Dentistry degree at the Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid were analyzed.
resultsA total of 392 medical records were analyzed. The prevalence of the treatments that were not performed was 58.67% (95% CI 53.74-63.44) of conservative treatments, 47.45% (95% CI 42.55-52.39) of periodontal treatments, 27.30% (95% CI 23.12-31.91) and 13.52% (95% CI 10.49-17.26) of clinical activities. The patients most affected by the absence of dental treatment ranged in age from 35 to 74 years. Age, sex, and nationality were not influential in not performing dental treatments.
conclusionsThe COVID-19 pandemic could have negatively influenced treatments, such as conservative and periodontal treatments, that increasing the risk of tooth loss in adults.
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