Table 4.
Characteristics of patients’ main dental health problems (given in absolute numbers and in brackets as percentage)
| Main dental health problem | Period | Statistical tests | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-lockdown | Lockdown | Post-lockdown | |||
| Acute pain | 462 (52.1)A | 508 (45.3)B | 563 (51.1)A | Pairwise tests for equal proportions between the period groups | ≤0.007 |
| Abscess lesion | 30 (3.4)A | 68 (6.1)B | 40 (3.6)A | ≤0.01 | |
| Dento-alveolar injury | 39 (4.4)A | 30 (2.7)B | 57 (5.2)A | ≤0.048 | |
| Facial pain/TMJ disorder | 6 (0.7) | 14 (1.2) | 9 (0.8) | ≥0.291 | |
| Hemorrhagic incident | 2 (0.2) | 3 (0.3) | 2 (0.2) | n. d. | |
| Lesion of the oral mucosa | 23 (2.6) | 22 (2) | 30 (2.7) | ≥0.295 | |
| Orthodontic emergency | 2 (0.2)A | 37 (3.3)B | 11 (1)A | <0.001 | |
| Pre-surgery/pre-radiotherapy/pre-ART care | 29 (3.3)A | 18 (1.6)B | 13 (1.2)B | ≤0.021 | |
| Prosthodontic emergency | 122 (13.8)A | 113 (10.1)B | 124 (11.3)A,B | 0.013 | |
| Restoration fracture | 92 (10.4)A | 11 (1)B | 92 (8.4)A | <0.001 | |
| Surgical follow-up | 80 (9)A | 297 (26.5)C | 160 (14.5)B | <0.001 | |
n. d., not determined; TMJ, temporomandibular joint; pre-ART care, dental care prior to antiresorptive therapy
Within the same row, different superscript letters indicate significant differences between the period groups