Table 2.
Set of data extracted from eligible patients’ case files (categories where applicable given in brackets)
| Patient characteristics | Characteristics of a patient’s main dental health problem | Characteristics of the dental care delivered to a patient |
|---|---|---|
| Age | Acute pain | Radiologic assessment (none/yes) |
| Gender (female/male/other) | Abscess lesion | Intraoral radiograph (no/yes) |
| Registration status (first time patient/registered patient) | Dento-alveolar injury | Panoramic radiograph (no/yes) |
| Length of journey to the UZB (km)* | Facial pain/TMJ disorder | CBCT (no/yes) |
| Underlying medical condition (none/one or more) | Hemorrhagic incident | Pharmacologic management (no/yes) |
| Chronic lung disease and/or moderate/severe asthma (no/yes) | Lesion of the oral mucosa | Medication (none/analgesics/analgesics and antibiotics/antibiotics/other) |
| Serious heart condition (no/yes) | Orthodontic emergency | Aerosol generating procedure (no/yes) |
| Immunocompromised patient (no/yes) | Pre-surgery/pre-radiotherapy/pre-ART care | Rubber dam (no/yes) |
| Diabetes (no/yes) | Prosthodontic emergency | Restorative treatment (no/yes) |
| Chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis(no/yes) | Restoration fracture | Endodontic treatment (no/direct pulp capping/partial pulpotomy/pulpotomy/root canal treatment) |
| Liver disease (no/yes) | Surgical follow-up (suture removal, drain removal/renewal etc.)† | Periodontal treatment (no/debridement/NUG or NUP treatment) |
| Cancer (no/yes) | Extraction (no/dental implant removal/simple tooth extraction/surgical tooth extraction) | |
| SARS-CoV-2 status (known SARS-CoV-2 infection/recovered from COVID-19/suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection/unknown SARS-CoV-2 infection status | Abscess treatment (no/yes) | |
| Dentitio difficilis treatment (no/yes) | ||
| Splinting (no/yes) | ||
| Follow-up treatment (no/yes) | ||
| Prosthodontic emergency treatment (no/yes) | ||
| Oral medicine treatment (no/yes) | ||
| Orthodontic emergency treatment (no/yes) | ||
| Examination/counseling (no other treatment) (no/yes) | ||
| Follow-up over phone (no/yes) | ||
| Referral to hospital (no/yes) |
CBCT, cone-beam computed tomography; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; NUG, necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis; NUP, necrotizing (ulcerative) periodontitis; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; pre-ART care, dental care prior to antiresorptive therapy; TMJ, temporomandibular joint; UZB, University Center for Dental Medicine Basel
*Measured, in Google maps, as the car journey shortest in length from a patient’s home address to the UZB
†Exclusively surgical follow-ups related to a preceding urgent dental treatment were considered
Among comorbidities, exclusively underlying medical conditions that increase the risk for severe illness from SARS-CoV-2 were taken into account