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Pediatric Dental Emergency Visits and Treatment during Lockdown in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Study

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  • Amir Elalouf

    (Department of Management, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel)

  • Rubanenko Moran

    (Dental Research Unit-Maccabi-Dent, Maccabi Healthcare Fund, Tel Aviv 6971028, Israel
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, School of Dentistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel)

  • Bernstein Yaron

    (Dental Research Unit-Maccabi-Dent, Maccabi Healthcare Fund, Tel Aviv 6971028, Israel)

  • Michal Oman

    (Dental Research Unit-Maccabi-Dent, Maccabi Healthcare Fund, Tel Aviv 6971028, Israel)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all the professions of life, particularly the healthcare sector. In dentistry, prevention of viral spread among healthcare professionals and patients was a substantial challenge. The virus can directly or indirectly infect dentists during dental procedures. This study focuses on the purpose of pediatric patients’ emergency visits to dental clinics and the treatments practiced during the lockdown. It compares the purpose of emergency pediatric patient visits in dental clinics and their treatments before, during, and after the lockdown periods. Computerized data for two consecutive years (2019 and 2020), between 19 March and 30 April and after the lockdown period from 1 May to 12 June 2020, were collected from five random dental clinics in Israel. The emergency visits of patients under 18 years before, during, and after the lockdown was organized into demographic characteristics, the purpose of the visits, and the treatments with medication or dental procedures. Categorical variables were compared and correlated with the chi-squared test and Pearson’s test, respectively, by using SPSS version 21. During the lockdown, emergency cases got appointments for a physical checkup. Herein, we found higher cases of emergency visits of pediatric patients with pain ( n = 281, 32.6%) than trauma ( n = 18, 24.7%), followed by infection ( n = 31, 28.4%) and treatment continuation ( n = 7, 20.6%) during the lockdown period, compared to before and after the lockdown periods. The patients treated with medication and dental procedures during lockdown were significantly different ( p < 0.001) than before and after the lockdown. Extraction ( n = 81, 41.5%), filling ( n = 84, 50.6%), fluoride ( n = 13, 92.9%), and pulp treatment ( n = 92, 42.6%) were substantially practiced in pediatric patients during the lockdown. Further, this study confirmed the rapid adaptation of professional dentists to deal with non-vaccinated pediatric patients and reinforced the better preparation and requirements for such challenges in the future.

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  • Amir Elalouf & Rubanenko Moran & Bernstein Yaron & Michal Oman, 2022. "Pediatric Dental Emergency Visits and Treatment during Lockdown in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(7), pages 1-14, March.
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