Abstract | erschienen - EPub
Non-aerosol emergency paediatric dental treatments during the COVID-19 lock-down: a retrospective analysis
CARIES RESEARCH
2021 ;
55:
456 -
Beteiligte Einrichtungen
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic the use of dental aerosol generating procedures should be
minimised. This study evaluates the use of non-aerosol treatment procedures (NATP)
provided to children at a paediatric dentistry department in the period of total lock-down in
Germany (March-April 2020) with a 6-months follow-up.
Methods: 83 patients seeking emergency dental treatment (e.g., pain, trauma, etc.) attended
the department of whom patients visiting the clinic due to dental caries and treated with
NATP were included for this analysis. Retrospective data collection of baseline treatments
and 6-months follow-up was performed.
Results: the treatments of 22 patients (mean dmft/DMFT 5.75±3.07/2.22±2.9) were
categorized according to the clinical diagnosis: Category I (n=10; 45.5%, mean age 4±2.6)
included patients with active carious lesions (ICDAS 3-5) and reversible pulpitis, mainly
ECC. Nine out of ten patients (90%) were treated with silver diammine fluoride (SDF), and
one (10%) with the Hall technique.
In the SDF-treated patients, one patient presented shortly after with pain and was
medicated. The other 8 cases presented no complications during the follow-up period and
affected teeth were later either restored or left with no restoration.
Category II included teeth with irreversible pulpitis or facial swelling of dental origin (e.g.
submucosal abscess; n=12; 54.5%, mean age 8.3±3.6). Treatments provided were
extraction (n=5; 41.7%), or antibiotics prescription (n=7; 58.3%) of whom five patients
received extraction after the lock-down with no patient having recurrence of pain. In one
case the primary tooth exfoliated, and in another case endodontic treatment was provided
later-on.
Conclusion: non-aerosol treatments are viable options for managing caries related
emergency cases in paediatric dentistry and are advantageous to postpone the need of an
immediate treatment in case of high ris of infectious transmission.
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CARIES RESEARCH
Jahr | 2021 |
Impact Factor (2021) | 3,918 |
Volume | 55 |
Issue | |
Seiten | 456 - |
Open Access | nein |
Peer reviewed | nein |
Artikelart | Abstract |
Artikelstatus | erschienen - EPub |
DOI | 10.1159/000517875 |
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Kurzbezeichnung: CARIES RES
ISSN: 0008-6568
eISSN: 1421-976X
Land: SWITZERLAND
Sprache: English
Kategorie(n):
Impact Factor Entwicklung
ISSN: 0008-6568
eISSN: 1421-976X
Land: SWITZERLAND
Sprache: English
Kategorie(n):
- DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE
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2009 | 2,462 |
2010 | 2,926 |
2011 | 2,328 |
2012 | 2,514 |
2013 | 2,5 |
2014 | 2,281 |
2015 | 2,278 |
2016 | 1,811 |
2017 | 2,188 |
2018 | 2,326 |
2019 | 2,186 |
2020 | 4,056 |
2021 | 3,918 |
2022 | 4,2 |
2023 | 2,9 |
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