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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dentist manpower in Taiwan
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: The dentists are the high-risk group of infectious respiratory diseases during dental treatment. This study investigated the changes of the numbers of overall practicing dentists, dental clinics, and hospital dentists in Taiwan during the COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIALS AND METHODS:...
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Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8403789/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34484589 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2021.03.001 |
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author | Cheng, Feng-Chou Wang, Ling-Hsia Chang, Julia Yu-Fong Lin, Tzu-Chiang Liu, Tsui-Hua Tsai, Po-Fang Chang, Yung-Ta Chiang, Chun-Pin |
author_facet | Cheng, Feng-Chou Wang, Ling-Hsia Chang, Julia Yu-Fong Lin, Tzu-Chiang Liu, Tsui-Hua Tsai, Po-Fang Chang, Yung-Ta Chiang, Chun-Pin |
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description | BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: The dentists are the high-risk group of infectious respiratory diseases during dental treatment. This study investigated the changes of the numbers of overall practicing dentists, dental clinics, and hospital dentists in Taiwan during the COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We collected the data of the numbers of overall practicing dentists, dental clinics, and hospital dentists in each city and county of Taiwan in October 2019, April 2020, and October 2020 for evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dentist manpower in Taiwan. RESULTS: After the COVID-19 outbreak, the total increased numbers of practicing dentists, dental clinics, and hospital dentists in Taiwan were 408, 14, and −16 from October 2019 to October 2020, respectively. In addition, their increased rates of the corresponding items were 2.76%, 0.21%, and −0.72%, respectively. The increased rate of practicing dentists from October 2019 to April 2020 was significantly higher than that of dental clinics (P < 0.001) and that of hospital dentists (P < 0.001). Moreover, the increased rate of practicing dentists from October 2019 to October 2020 was significantly higher than that of dental clinics (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the increased number of practicing dentists is not different from that in the past, but the increased numbers and rates of dental clinics and hospital dentists are lower than those in the past. This indicates that the willingness of dentists to open new dental clinics or work in hospitals reduces due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-84037892021-09-03 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dentist manpower in Taiwan Cheng, Feng-Chou Wang, Ling-Hsia Chang, Julia Yu-Fong Lin, Tzu-Chiang Liu, Tsui-Hua Tsai, Po-Fang Chang, Yung-Ta Chiang, Chun-Pin J Dent Sci Original Article BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: The dentists are the high-risk group of infectious respiratory diseases during dental treatment. This study investigated the changes of the numbers of overall practicing dentists, dental clinics, and hospital dentists in Taiwan during the COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We collected the data of the numbers of overall practicing dentists, dental clinics, and hospital dentists in each city and county of Taiwan in October 2019, April 2020, and October 2020 for evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dentist manpower in Taiwan. RESULTS: After the COVID-19 outbreak, the total increased numbers of practicing dentists, dental clinics, and hospital dentists in Taiwan were 408, 14, and −16 from October 2019 to October 2020, respectively. In addition, their increased rates of the corresponding items were 2.76%, 0.21%, and −0.72%, respectively. The increased rate of practicing dentists from October 2019 to April 2020 was significantly higher than that of dental clinics (P < 0.001) and that of hospital dentists (P < 0.001). Moreover, the increased rate of practicing dentists from October 2019 to October 2020 was significantly higher than that of dental clinics (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the increased number of practicing dentists is not different from that in the past, but the increased numbers and rates of dental clinics and hospital dentists are lower than those in the past. This indicates that the willingness of dentists to open new dental clinics or work in hospitals reduces due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China 2021-10 2021-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8403789/ /pubmed/34484589 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2021.03.001 Text en © 2021 Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Cheng, Feng-Chou Wang, Ling-Hsia Chang, Julia Yu-Fong Lin, Tzu-Chiang Liu, Tsui-Hua Tsai, Po-Fang Chang, Yung-Ta Chiang, Chun-Pin The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dentist manpower in Taiwan |
title | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dentist manpower in Taiwan |
title_full | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dentist manpower in Taiwan |
title_fullStr | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dentist manpower in Taiwan |
title_full_unstemmed | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dentist manpower in Taiwan |
title_short | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dentist manpower in Taiwan |
title_sort | impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the dentist manpower in taiwan |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8403789/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34484589 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2021.03.001 |
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