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ArticleCureus2025

Treatment Behaviors of Patients With Odontogenic Infections During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Eiji Iwata, Yuriko Susukida, Junya Kusumoto, Akira Tachibana, Masaya Akashi

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Eiji IwataDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kakogawa Central City Hospital, Kakogawa, JPN.
Yuriko SusukidaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kakogawa Central City Hospital, Kakogawa, JPN.
Junya KusumotoDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, JPN.
Akira TachibanaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kakogawa Central City Hospital, Kakogawa, JPN.
Masaya AkashiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, JPN.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveUsing a severity scale, this study aimed to investigate the treatment behavior of patients with odontogenic infections during the COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis study included patients admitted for odontogenic deep neck infection (DNI) treatment at a single center in Japan between 2017 and 2022. Participants were divided into two groups: a pre-COVID group before 2019 and a COVID group after 2020. Patient characteristics, clinical data, and DNI severity were compared.

resultsDuring the pandemic, the number of patients with mild DNIs decreased significantly, whereas the number of patients with severe DNIs did not change significantly, resulting in a significant increase in the latter proportion (42/101 (41.6%) vs. 26/43 (60.5%); p=0.045). In addition, the patients in the COVID group were significantly older than those in the pre-COVID group (median 66.0 years vs. 56.0 years; p=0.018).

conclusionsOur results suggest that patients with odontogenic infections, especially the elderly, may have avoided hospitals until their symptoms became severe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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coronavirus disease 2019deep neck infectionodontogenic infectionsseverity scaletreatment behavior

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PMCPMC12036494

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