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Does the use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic impact on oral hygiene habits, oral conditions, reasons to seek dental care and esthetic concerns?

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the impact of the use of face masks on oral hygiene habits; oral conditions self-perception; reasons to seek dental treatment; and esthetic concerns. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 1346 participants answered a web-based survey with questions related to the aims of the study. Descripti...

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Autores principales: Pinzan-Vercelino, Célia-Regina-Maio, Freitas, Karina-Maria-Salvatore, Girão, Valquiria-Mendes-Pereira, da Silva, Daniella-de Oliveira, Peloso, Renan-Morais, Pinzan, Arnaldo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medicina Oral S.L. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8020324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33841736
http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.57798
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author Pinzan-Vercelino, Célia-Regina-Maio
Freitas, Karina-Maria-Salvatore
Girão, Valquiria-Mendes-Pereira
da Silva, Daniella-de Oliveira
Peloso, Renan-Morais
Pinzan, Arnaldo
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Freitas, Karina-Maria-Salvatore
Girão, Valquiria-Mendes-Pereira
da Silva, Daniella-de Oliveira
Peloso, Renan-Morais
Pinzan, Arnaldo
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description BACKGROUND: To evaluate the impact of the use of face masks on oral hygiene habits; oral conditions self-perception; reasons to seek dental treatment; and esthetic concerns. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 1346 participants answered a web-based survey with questions related to the aims of the study. Descriptive statistic was performed and the responses were analyzed with chi-square test and regression analysis. RESULTS: With the use of masks, toothbrushing frequency decreased significantly, and people are significantly less concerned about oral hygiene. The number of subjects that reported to have halitosis increased significantly and this was associated with a decrease in toothbrushing frequency. The greatest complaints of subjects were teeth color and alignment. The prevalence of bruxism increased significantly. Overall, 94.1% considered that esthetics is important to seek dental care even with the use of masks, and 84.2% are maintaining usual periodic dental care. People are significantly less concerned with their smile and dental esthetics with the use of masks. CONCLUSIONS: With the use of face mask, people must be motivated regarding maintaining oral hygiene habits. Some respondents will seek dental care only when masks were no longer necessary, therefore dentists must be aware of a reduction in the volume of patients. Key words:Dental health surveys, esthetics, oral hygiene, dental care, COVID-19, behavior.
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spelling pubmed-80203242021-04-08 Does the use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic impact on oral hygiene habits, oral conditions, reasons to seek dental care and esthetic concerns? Pinzan-Vercelino, Célia-Regina-Maio Freitas, Karina-Maria-Salvatore Girão, Valquiria-Mendes-Pereira da Silva, Daniella-de Oliveira Peloso, Renan-Morais Pinzan, Arnaldo J Clin Exp Dent Research BACKGROUND: To evaluate the impact of the use of face masks on oral hygiene habits; oral conditions self-perception; reasons to seek dental treatment; and esthetic concerns. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 1346 participants answered a web-based survey with questions related to the aims of the study. Descriptive statistic was performed and the responses were analyzed with chi-square test and regression analysis. RESULTS: With the use of masks, toothbrushing frequency decreased significantly, and people are significantly less concerned about oral hygiene. The number of subjects that reported to have halitosis increased significantly and this was associated with a decrease in toothbrushing frequency. The greatest complaints of subjects were teeth color and alignment. The prevalence of bruxism increased significantly. Overall, 94.1% considered that esthetics is important to seek dental care even with the use of masks, and 84.2% are maintaining usual periodic dental care. People are significantly less concerned with their smile and dental esthetics with the use of masks. CONCLUSIONS: With the use of face mask, people must be motivated regarding maintaining oral hygiene habits. Some respondents will seek dental care only when masks were no longer necessary, therefore dentists must be aware of a reduction in the volume of patients. Key words:Dental health surveys, esthetics, oral hygiene, dental care, COVID-19, behavior. Medicina Oral S.L. 2021-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8020324/ /pubmed/33841736 http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.57798 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Medicina Oral S.L. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pinzan-Vercelino, Célia-Regina-Maio
Freitas, Karina-Maria-Salvatore
Girão, Valquiria-Mendes-Pereira
da Silva, Daniella-de Oliveira
Peloso, Renan-Morais
Pinzan, Arnaldo
Does the use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic impact on oral hygiene habits, oral conditions, reasons to seek dental care and esthetic concerns?
title Does the use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic impact on oral hygiene habits, oral conditions, reasons to seek dental care and esthetic concerns?
title_full Does the use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic impact on oral hygiene habits, oral conditions, reasons to seek dental care and esthetic concerns?
title_fullStr Does the use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic impact on oral hygiene habits, oral conditions, reasons to seek dental care and esthetic concerns?
title_full_unstemmed Does the use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic impact on oral hygiene habits, oral conditions, reasons to seek dental care and esthetic concerns?
title_short Does the use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic impact on oral hygiene habits, oral conditions, reasons to seek dental care and esthetic concerns?
title_sort does the use of face masks during the covid-19 pandemic impact on oral hygiene habits, oral conditions, reasons to seek dental care and esthetic concerns?
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8020324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33841736
http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.57798
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