Dental care during COVID-19 pandemic: Follow-up survey of experts' opinion.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of the present survey is to give an update of European experts' opinion on infection control and prevention in dentistry during second wave of pandemic. The secondary aim was to analyze how experts' opinion changed in the light of the new scientific evidence since the first wave.

Material & methods

An anonymous online 14-item questionnaire was sent to a total of 27 leading academic experts in Oral (and Maxillofacial) Surgery from different European countries, who had completed a previous survey in April-May 2020. The questionnaire covered the topics of dental setting safety, personal protective equipment (PPE), and patient-related measures to minimize transmission risk. Data collection took place in November-February 2020/21.

Results

26 experts

SUBMITTER: Brunello G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8444799 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature