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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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Autores principales: 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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Publicado: Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China 2021
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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
author_sort Cheng, Feng-Chou
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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/).
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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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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
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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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