Table 3.
Response of participating dentists to practice related questions about COVID-19 (No = 177).
| No | Questions | Dentists’ Response n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | I don’t Know | ||
| 1 | Do you update your knowledge with the current WHO Guidelines for Cross-Infection Control regarding COVID-19? | 149 (84.2) | 21 (11.9) | 7 (4) |
| 2 | Have you got screening room in your dental office to evaluate the patients regarding COVID-19 before starting dental treatment? | 118 (66.7) | 43 (24.3) | 16 (9) |
| 3 | Do you ask every patient about travel history before performing a dental treatment? | 133 (75.1) | 37 (20.9) | 7 (4) |
| 4 | Do you measure patient’s body temperature before doing a dental treatment? | 157 (88.7) | 13 (7.3) | 7 (4) |
| 5 | Do you postpone the dental treatment of patients showing suspicious symptoms related to COVID-19? | 138 (78) | 26 (14.7) | 13 (7.3) |
| 6 | Do you think a N-95 mask should be worn in dental practice rather than an ordinary mask? | 131 (74) | 35 (19.8) | 11 (6.2) |
| 7 | Do you ask every patient to rinse his/her mouth with anti-bacterial mouthwash before dental treatment? | 92 (52) | 75 (42.4) | 10 (5.6) |
| 8 | Do you ask your assistant to clean the environmental surfaces at your clinic after each patient? | 162 (91.5) | 12 (6.8) | 3 (1.7) |
| 9 | Do you wash hands with soap and water/use sanitizer before and after treatment of every patient? | 171 (96.6) | 3 (1.7) | 3 (1.7) |
| 10 | Do you use the rubber dam for all/most cases to minimize aerosols and so risk of infection with COVID-19? | 121 (68.4) | 43 (24.3) | 12 (6.8) |
| 11 | At time of coronavirus spread, do you use only low speed hand piece for all cases to minimize aerosols and so risk of infection with COVID-19? | 68 (38.4) | 94 (53.1) | 14 (7.9) |
| 12 | Do you use antirestrictive valves dental hand pieces at your clinic? | 76 (42.9) | 70 (39.5) | 30 (16.9) |
| 13 | At time of coronavirus spread, do you restrict dental treatment to only emergency cases? | 146 (82.5) | 21 (11.9) | 9 (5.1) |
| 14 | Do you contact the Authority of Health if you suspect a patient has COVID-19 infection? | 127 (71.8) | 38 (21.5) | 11 (6.2) |
| 15 | At time of coronavirus spread, do you measure your body temperature, and the staff working with you every day before starting work in the dental clinic? | 145 (81.9) | 24 (13.6) | 7 (4) |
| 16 | Do you charge the patient for the extra-infection control procedures to avoid infection with COVID-19? | 92 (52) | 73 (41.2) | 11 (6.2) |