The Impact of COVID-19 Related Lockdown on Dental Practice in Central Italy—Outcomes of A Survey

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected lives and professions worldwide. We aimed to determine the behavior of dentists during the lockdown in Central Italy through an online survey. We demonstrated that the most frequent of urgencies, not otherwise manageable through telemedicine, was dental pulp inflam...

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Autores principales: Sinjari, Bruna, Rexhepi, Imena, Santilli, Manlio, D′Addazio, Gianmaria, Chiacchiaretta, Piero, Di Carlo, Piero, Caputi, Sergio
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7459991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32785056
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165780
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author Sinjari, Bruna
Rexhepi, Imena
Santilli, Manlio
D′Addazio, Gianmaria
Chiacchiaretta, Piero
Di Carlo, Piero
Caputi, Sergio
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Rexhepi, Imena
Santilli, Manlio
D′Addazio, Gianmaria
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Caputi, Sergio
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has affected lives and professions worldwide. We aimed to determine the behavior of dentists during the lockdown in Central Italy through an online survey. We demonstrated that the most frequent of urgencies, not otherwise manageable through telemedicine, was dental pulp inflammation. Although a statistically significant increase in the use of some of the personal protective equipment (PPE) from pre to during lockdown was shown, dentists were afraid of being infected during the dental procedures. Moreover, we showed that digital dentistry, telemedicine, use of the rubber dam, distancing of the appointments and further structural changes at the dental office are necessary to reduce the contagion among dentists and patients. No significant differences were shown between gender.
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spelling pubmed-74599912020-09-02 The Impact of COVID-19 Related Lockdown on Dental Practice in Central Italy—Outcomes of A Survey Sinjari, Bruna Rexhepi, Imena Santilli, Manlio D′Addazio, Gianmaria Chiacchiaretta, Piero Di Carlo, Piero Caputi, Sergio Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The COVID-19 pandemic has affected lives and professions worldwide. We aimed to determine the behavior of dentists during the lockdown in Central Italy through an online survey. We demonstrated that the most frequent of urgencies, not otherwise manageable through telemedicine, was dental pulp inflammation. Although a statistically significant increase in the use of some of the personal protective equipment (PPE) from pre to during lockdown was shown, dentists were afraid of being infected during the dental procedures. Moreover, we showed that digital dentistry, telemedicine, use of the rubber dam, distancing of the appointments and further structural changes at the dental office are necessary to reduce the contagion among dentists and patients. No significant differences were shown between gender. MDPI 2020-08-10 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7459991/ /pubmed/32785056 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165780 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7459991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32785056
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165780
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