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ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2024

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on 397 631 elective dental admissions among the under-25s in England: a retrospective study.

Puji Faitna, Dougal S Hargreaves, Francesca K Neale, Simon E Kenny, Russell M Viner, Paul P Aylin, Alex Bottle, Paul Ashley

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Puji FaitnaDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W6 8RP, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3982-9089
Dougal S HargreavesDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W6 8RP, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0722-9847
Francesca K NealeDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W6 8RP, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3316-164X
Simon E KennyDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, L14 5AB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5917-8554
Russell M VinerPopulation, Policy and Practice Research Programme, UCL Institute Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Population Policy and Practice, London, WC1N 1EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3047-2247
Paul P AylinDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W6 8RP, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4589-1743
Alex BottleDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W6 8RP, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9978-2011
Paul AshleyEastman Dental Institute, University College London, London, WC1E 6DE, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0312-5311

Funding

Department of Primary Care and Public HealthImperial NIHR Biomedical Research CentreNational Institute for Health and Care Research Allied Research Collaboration Northwest LondonNational Institute for Health Research NIHR202322National Institute of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCOVID-19 caused widespread disruptions to health services worldwide, including reductions in elective surgery. Tooth extractions are among the most common reasons for elective surgery among children and young people (CYP). It is unclear how COVID-19 affected elective dental surgeries in hospitals over multiple pandemic waves at a national level.

methodsElective dental tooth extraction admissions were selected using Hospital Episode Statistics. Admission trends for the first 14 pandemic months were compared with the previous five years and results were stratified by age (under-11s, 11-16s, 17-24s).

resultsThe most socioeconomically deprived CYP comprised the largest proportion of elective dental tooth extraction admissions. In April 2020, admissions dropped by >95%. In absolute terms, the biggest reduction was in April (11-16s: -1339 admissions, 95% CI -1411 to -1267; 17-24s: -1600, -1678 to -1521) and May 2020 (under-11s: -2857, -2962 to -2752). Admissions differed by socioeconomic deprivation for the under-11s (P < 0.0001), driven by fewer admissions than expected by the most deprived and more by the most affluent during the pandemic.

conclusionElective tooth extractions dropped most in April 2020, remaining below pre-pandemic levels throughout the study. Despite being the most likely to be admitted, the most deprived under-11s had the largest reductions in admissions relative to other groups.

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COVID-19Elective Surgical ProceduresTooth ExtractionAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolEnglandFemaleHospitalizationHumansMalePandemicsRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Young AdultadolescentchildCOVID-19dental surgeryhospitalspandemicstooth extraction

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PMCPMC11358625

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