Al Jahra Specialist Center, Al Jahra, Kuwait.
Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait Institution for Medical Specialization, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 29;19(15):9275. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159275.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way dentistry has been practiced the world over. This study sought to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the patterns of attendance for dental treatment in a large hospital in Kuwait through comparisons with data from the year prior to the pandemic.
A total of 176,690 appointment records from 34,250 patients presenting to the AlJahra specialist hospital in Kuwait for dental treatment from April 2019 to March 2021 were analyzed. The types of procedures and the departments in which they presented were analyzed, and the patterns of attendance before and during the pandemic were compared.
While there was a significant reduction in the number of orthodontic, endodontic, and periodontal procedures, there were no impacts on oral surgery, restorative procedures, or pediatric dentistry.
There has been a return in the number of patients obtaining dental treatment; however, there has been a definite shift in the use of certain dental procedures.
COVID-19 大流行改变了全球牙科的实践方式。本研究旨在通过与大流行前一年的数据进行比较，评估 COVID-19 大流行对科威特一家大医院牙科治疗就诊模式的影响。
分析了 2019 年 4 月至 2021 年 3 月期间，34250 名患者前往科威特 AlJahra 专科医院进行牙科治疗的 176690 份预约记录。分析了治疗的类型和就诊科室，并比较了大流行前后的就诊模式。
正畸、牙髓和牙周治疗的数量显著减少，但口腔外科、修复治疗或儿科牙科没有受到影响。
接受牙科治疗的患者数量有所增加；然而，某些牙科治疗的应用确实发生了转变。
