The effect of COVID-19 outbreak on hospital admissions for dental infections
Cervicofacial infections of dental origin can cause life threatening emergency and we were anticipating that the prevalence of hospital admissions for this reason between the 26 th of March 2020 until the 8 th of June 2020 that the dental practices were closed would increase. We conducted a retrospe...
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author | Elpida Samara Rajat Paul Yui Yin Ko Phillip Ameerally |
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description | Cervicofacial infections of dental origin can cause life threatening emergency and we were anticipating that the prevalence of hospital admissions for this reason between the 26 th of March 2020 until the 8 th of June 2020 that the dental practices were closed would increase. We conducted a retrospective analysis of the hospital admissions for cervicfacial infections of dental origin during this period and the results were compared with the admissions the same period last year. Surprisingly there were less admissions in 2020 compared to 2019 which can be attributed to the government guidance to ‘‘Stay at home”, “Save lives”, “Protect the NHS’’ and the treatment provided by the Urgent Dental Care Centers that reduced the pressure on the country's health care system. Proportionately more admissions in 2020 were attributed to dental abscess from mandibular teeth compared to 2019 but there was a small decrease in the incision and drainage under general anesthetic and a small increase in the length of the hospital stay in 2020. |
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spelling | doaj.art-2c652b2e33f44b64942426696ea973632022-12-21T20:14:30ZengElsevierAdvances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery2667-14762021-04-012100025The effect of COVID-19 outbreak on hospital admissions for dental infectionsElpida Samara0Rajat Paul1Yui Yin Ko2Phillip Ameerally3Oral Surgery, University of Birmingham, Birmingham School of Dentistry, Birmingham, UK; Corresponding author.Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Northampton General Hospital, UKDental Core Trainee Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Northampton General Hospital, Northampton, UKNorthampton General Hospital, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University of Northampton, UKCervicofacial infections of dental origin can cause life threatening emergency and we were anticipating that the prevalence of hospital admissions for this reason between the 26 th of March 2020 until the 8 th of June 2020 that the dental practices were closed would increase. We conducted a retrospective analysis of the hospital admissions for cervicfacial infections of dental origin during this period and the results were compared with the admissions the same period last year. Surprisingly there were less admissions in 2020 compared to 2019 which can be attributed to the government guidance to ‘‘Stay at home”, “Save lives”, “Protect the NHS’’ and the treatment provided by the Urgent Dental Care Centers that reduced the pressure on the country's health care system. Proportionately more admissions in 2020 were attributed to dental abscess from mandibular teeth compared to 2019 but there was a small decrease in the incision and drainage under general anesthetic and a small increase in the length of the hospital stay in 2020.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667147621000121COVID-19Cervico-facial infectionDental abscessHospital admissionDental extractionsUDCC |
spellingShingle | Elpida Samara Rajat Paul Yui Yin Ko Phillip Ameerally The effect of COVID-19 outbreak on hospital admissions for dental infections Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery COVID-19 Cervico-facial infection Dental abscess Hospital admission Dental extractions UDCC |
title | The effect of COVID-19 outbreak on hospital admissions for dental infections |
title_full | The effect of COVID-19 outbreak on hospital admissions for dental infections |
title_fullStr | The effect of COVID-19 outbreak on hospital admissions for dental infections |
title_full_unstemmed | The effect of COVID-19 outbreak on hospital admissions for dental infections |
title_short | The effect of COVID-19 outbreak on hospital admissions for dental infections |
title_sort | effect of covid 19 outbreak on hospital admissions for dental infections |
topic | COVID-19 Cervico-facial infection Dental abscess Hospital admission Dental extractions UDCC |
url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667147621000121 |
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