Table 2.
Utilization of dental emergency services before and after the COVID-19 epidemic.
| Variables | n | Covid-19 (n, %) |
χ2 | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| before | After | ||||
| Chief complaints | |||||
| Trauma | 284 (55.1) | 144 (51.2) | 140 (59.8) | 7.564 | 0.109 |
| Pain | 147 (28.5) | 92 (32.7) | 55 (23.5) | ||
| Bleeding | 41 (8.0) | 24 (8.5) | 17 (7.3) | ||
| Swelling | 30 (5.8) | 13 (4.6) | 17 (7.3) | ||
| Others | 13 (2.5) | 8 (2.8) | 5 (2.1) | ||
| Principal diagnosis | |||||
| Soft tissue lacerations | 160 (31.1) | 84 (29.9) | 76 (32.5) | 2.779 | 0.905 |
| Tooth or alveolar bone fracture | 120 (23.3) | 63 (22.4) | 57 (24.4) | ||
| Pulp related problem | 86 (16.7) | 48 (17.1) | 38 (16.2) | ||
| Periodontal related problem | 44 (8.5) | 28 (10.0) | 16 (6.8) | ||
| Odontogenic infection | 29 (5.6) | 17 (6.0) | 12 (5.1) | ||
| Post-operative complication | 21 (4.1) | 10 (3.6) | 11 (4.7) | ||
| Temporomandibular disorder disease | 15 (2.9) | 9 (3.2) | 6 (2.6) | ||
| Others | 40 (7.8) | 22 (7.8) | 18 (7.7) | ||
| Diagnostic categories | |||||
| Traumatica | 280 (54.4) | 147 (52.3) | 133 (56.8) | 1.482 | 0.345 |
| Non-traumaticb | 159 (30.9) | 93 (33.1) | 66 (28.2) | ||
| Othersc | 76 (14.8) | 41 (14.6) | 35 (15.0) | ||
| Treatment | |||||
| Dental procedure without droplets and aerosols | 209 (40.6) | 113 (40.2) | 96 (41.0) | 2.128 | 0.406 |
| Dental procedure with droplets and aerosols | 111 (21.6) | 67 (23.8) | 44 (18.8) | ||
| Medication or oral hygiene instruction | 195 (37.9) | 101 (35.9) | 94 (40.2) | ||
| Follow up visit | |||||
| No | 286 (55.5) | 146 (52.0) | 140 (59.8) | 3.204 | 0.073 |
| Yes | 229 (44.5) | 135 (48.0) | 94 (40.2) | ||
a
Traumatic included soft tissue lacerations and tooth or alveolar bone fracture.
b
Non-traumatic included pulp-related problems, periodontal-related problems, and odontogenic infection.
c
Others included post-operative complications, temporomandibular disorder disease, and other diagnoses.