Effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Fear on Oral Health Status.
Oral Health Prev Dent
; 19(1): 411-423, 2021 Jan 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1403453
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To investigate the effects of COVID-19 fear on oral health status. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
A total of 1227 participants were enrolled in the study. The online survey link was circulated and responses were received. The questionnaire comprised a total of 24 closed-ended questions, which were divided into three sections. The first section focused on demographic information, the second section on the fear of COVID-19, and the third section focused on oral hygiene habits, dental complaints, and tendency to go to the dentist during the COVID-19 pandemic.RESULTS:
Participants who had a higher fear score compared to other respective populations during the corona virus pandemic started brushing more regularly, started to use oral care products more regularly (p = 0.001), increased sugary food consumption (p = 0.001), increased meat consumption (p = 0.017), increased vegetable consumption (p = 0.019), had increased tooth hypersensitivity, had increased toothache, had increased swelling/abscess on face due to tooth decay (p = 0.001), had increased restoration failures, had increased problems with prostheses (p = 0.007), had increased bleeding and pain in the periodontal tissue, had increased oral malodor, had increased bruxism (p = 0.001), had a dental problem but hesitated to visit a dentist, and thought that dental clinics are at risk of COVID-19 contamination (p = 0.001).CONCLUSION:
Fear of COVID-19 was higher in participants who started to pay more attention to their oral hygiene habits, had a change in food consumption frequency and rate, had an increase in oral and dental health complaints, and had dental problems but hesitated to visit a dentist.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Oral Health
/
COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Oral Health Prev Dent
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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