The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Israeli Orthodontic Practice: A Clinic's Activity and Patients' Attitudes.

ABSTRACT: The current study aimed to characterize the activity in orthodontic clinics during the COVID-19-induced lockdown and the inter-lockdown periods, as well as to evaluate patients' perspectives with respect to their fears, their extent of cooperation with treatment, and their emergency needs during the lockdown. The data were gathered from 11 private orthodontic clinics from 1 January 2020 to 8 March 2021, which included three lockdowns and inter-lockdowns. Information specifying the number of admissions, missed appointments, and emergency visits was gathered. Four hundred and twenty-nine orthodontic patients treated in those clinics agreed to complete a questionnaire that evaluated their concerns and expectations, the treatment emergency issues, implementation of the orthodontist's instructi

SUBMITTER: Sella Tunis T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8872275 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature