Pan-dent-emic: Contemporaneous Advice in Pediatric Dental Practice Post Covid Surge - A Questionnaire Survey

Amrutha B¹*, Aishwarya N², Hasnain Ahmed³, Roshni Maloo³, Nagarathna C⁴ and Prasanna Kumar YS^5
1MDS, Reader, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Rajarajeswari Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, India
²MDS, Senior Lecturer, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Rajarajeswari Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, India
³BDS, Intern, Rajarajeswari Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, India
⁴MDS, Professor, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Rajarajeswari Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, India
⁵MDS, Professor, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Rajarajeswari Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, India
*Corresponding Author: Amrutha B, MDS, Reader, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Rajarajeswari Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Published: February 01, 2024

DOI: 10.55162/MCDS.04.069

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Abstract  

COVID-19 had a catasrtophic effect on the world resulting in more death worldwide. It possessed a risk of spread, hence there was a need in modification of dental treatment of children. AAPD and WHO suggested modifications in few treatment protocols/techniques like Hall’s technique, rubber dam, Tell-show-do, silver diamine fluoride and limiting the use of syringes which were adapted amongst dentists. A survey using Google forms was composed referring to various scientific journals and articles to assess the changes adopted by the pediatric dentists post pandemic. This survey was circulated amongst 400 pediatric dentists. In this survey, the techniques and methods adopted by the dentists during the covid pandemic period and continuing those protocols in their clinical practice post covid were evaluated.

Keywords: children; modified pediatric treatment protocol; post covid; preventive dentistry; behavior management

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