Delphi Project on the trends in Implant Dentistry in the COVID-19 era: Perspectives from Latin America.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To establish trends in Implant Dentistry in Latin America in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Material and methods

A steering committee and an advisory group of experts in Implant Dentistry were selected among eighteen countries. An open-ended questionnaire by Delphi methodology was validated including 64 questions, divided in 7 topics, concerning the various trends in dental implantology. The survey was conducted in two rounds, which provided the participants in the second round with the results of the first. The questionnaires were completed on August 2020, and the online meeting conference was held on September 2020. The final prediction was developed through consensus by a selected group of experts.

Results

A total of 197 experts from Latin America answered the first an

SUBMITTER: Alarcon MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8014337 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature