Oral Healthcare Services Delivered During COVID-19 Lockdown: A Report from Eastern Mediterranean Region
| Autor: | Osama Abu-Hammad, Shaden Abu-Hammad, Shadia Elsayed, Safa Jambi, Aishah Alhodhodi, Ahmad Othman, Abdel Aziz Baiomy Abdullah, Hisham Al-Shorman, Mostafa Fayyad, Duaa Taim, Basant Hamdy Abouzaid, Najla Dar-Odeh |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada, Vol 23 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1519-0501 1983-4632 |
| Popis: | Objective: To describe oral healthcare services administered during the lockdown in the Eastern Mediterranean region and to investigate the role of socio-professional characteristics of dental practitioners or their self-reported COVID-19 infection. Material and Methods: A questionnaire was distributed to dental practitioners in all healthcare sectors in Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Results: There was a total of 335 participants, with the majority being females (N=225, 67.2%) and general practitioners (N=202, 60.3%). Cellulitis was the most common emergency encountered (N=108). The most common urgent procedures were for pulpitis, abscesses, and pericoronitis (N=191, 130, and 95, respectively). Country-specific significant associations were pulpitis in Egypt and Jordan, broken symptomatic teeth in Jordan, and biopsy in Egypt (p |
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