The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Utilization of Pediatric Dental Care of Egyptian Children: A Retrospective Study | ||
| Egyptian Dental Journal | ||
| Article 16, Volume 67, Issue 1 - January (Orthodontics, Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry), January 2021, Pages 131-137 PDF (322.16 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/edj.2020.52574.1396 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Randa Abd Al Gawad1; Rasha Hanafy* 2 | ||
| 1Associate Professor of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University، Egypt. | ||
| 2Lecturer of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental public health, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The novel Coronavirus pandemic may have a strong influence on the utilization of emergency pediatric dental services. Aim: To assess how the novel COVID-19 pandemic influenced emergency pediatric dental treatment utilization patterns in Egypt. Methods: Data of children seeking urgent dental care for the first time for 20 consecutive working days before the declaration of the partial curfew in Egypt [Group (1)] and another 20 days after that date [Group (2)] were retrieved from the Electronic Archive Filing System Unit and statistically analyzed. Results: The study included data of 705 children (Group (1): 470, Group (2): 235); where the number of children reduced to about half. There were non-significant differences between Group (1 & 2) regarding different types of emergency and non-emergency treatment requirements. Most of the children before (99.1%) and after curfew (98.3%) sought emergency treatment due to dental caries. Conclusions: COVID-19 pandemic influenced the number of children seeking urgent dental services; however, the treatment requirements are nearly similar. The proportion of pediatric emergency and non-emergency dental complaints are comparable before and after the partial curfew. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| COVID-19; Dental; Emergency; Pediatric; Utilization | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 671 PDF Download: 514 |
||
