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Changes in paediatric dental clinic after reopening during COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan: a retrospective study

OBJECTIVES: Affected by COVID-19 pandemic, The Department of Paediatric Dentistry of School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University was closed in late January 2020, and resumed on 20 April. Our study aimed to explore the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric dental services which might as...

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Autores principales: Yang, Jinghui, Yang, Guobin, Jin, Runze, Song, Guangtai, Yuan, Guohua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8756075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35022166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048430
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author Yang, Jinghui
Yang, Guobin
Jin, Runze
Song, Guangtai
Yuan, Guohua
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Yang, Guobin
Jin, Runze
Song, Guangtai
Yuan, Guohua
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description OBJECTIVES: Affected by COVID-19 pandemic, The Department of Paediatric Dentistry of School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University was closed in late January 2020, and resumed on 20 April. Our study aimed to explore the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric dental services which might assist global paediatric dentists to build confidence and make appropriate policies under the pandemic. DESIGN: A retrospective study was performed. Medical records of patients were retrieved but without any private information, including patient name, ID number and address. PARTICIPANTS: All data of the patients from 20 April to 31 July in 2020 and 2019 were extracted and analysed including demographics, dental diagnosis and treatment methods. A total of 18 198 patients were included in the study. RESULTS: During this period, no medical staff or patient was infected with COVID-19 due to dental services. A total of 6485 in 2020 but 11 713 during the same period in 2019 visited the department. Compared with 2019, gender distribution did not change, but age distribution changed with an increase under 6-year-old. The diagnoses including caries, retained primary teeth, malocclusion, deep pits and fissures changed significantly, while pulpitis, apical periodontitis, tooth trauma, early loss of primary teeth, supernumerary teeth showed little change. Aerosol generating procedures were adopted less frequently overall in this period. CONCLUSIONS: The reopening of paediatric dental services is proceeding steadily with significant changes in the characteristics of the patients and treatment procedures.
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spelling pubmed-87560752022-01-13 Changes in paediatric dental clinic after reopening during COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan: a retrospective study Yang, Jinghui Yang, Guobin Jin, Runze Song, Guangtai Yuan, Guohua BMJ Open Dentistry and Oral Medicine OBJECTIVES: Affected by COVID-19 pandemic, The Department of Paediatric Dentistry of School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University was closed in late January 2020, and resumed on 20 April. Our study aimed to explore the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric dental services which might assist global paediatric dentists to build confidence and make appropriate policies under the pandemic. DESIGN: A retrospective study was performed. Medical records of patients were retrieved but without any private information, including patient name, ID number and address. PARTICIPANTS: All data of the patients from 20 April to 31 July in 2020 and 2019 were extracted and analysed including demographics, dental diagnosis and treatment methods. A total of 18 198 patients were included in the study. RESULTS: During this period, no medical staff or patient was infected with COVID-19 due to dental services. A total of 6485 in 2020 but 11 713 during the same period in 2019 visited the department. Compared with 2019, gender distribution did not change, but age distribution changed with an increase under 6-year-old. The diagnoses including caries, retained primary teeth, malocclusion, deep pits and fissures changed significantly, while pulpitis, apical periodontitis, tooth trauma, early loss of primary teeth, supernumerary teeth showed little change. Aerosol generating procedures were adopted less frequently overall in this period. CONCLUSIONS: The reopening of paediatric dental services is proceeding steadily with significant changes in the characteristics of the patients and treatment procedures. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8756075/ /pubmed/35022166 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048430 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Dentistry and Oral Medicine
Yang, Jinghui
Yang, Guobin
Jin, Runze
Song, Guangtai
Yuan, Guohua
Changes in paediatric dental clinic after reopening during COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan: a retrospective study
title Changes in paediatric dental clinic after reopening during COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan: a retrospective study
title_full Changes in paediatric dental clinic after reopening during COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan: a retrospective study
title_fullStr Changes in paediatric dental clinic after reopening during COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan: a retrospective study
title_full_unstemmed Changes in paediatric dental clinic after reopening during COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan: a retrospective study
title_short Changes in paediatric dental clinic after reopening during COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan: a retrospective study
title_sort changes in paediatric dental clinic after reopening during covid-19 pandemic in wuhan: a retrospective study
topic Dentistry and Oral Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8756075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35022166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048430
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