Table 5.
Characteristics of the dental care procedures delivered to patients (data are presented as absolute numbers with the corresponding percentage given in brackets)
| Dental care | Period | Statistical tests | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-lockdown | Lockdown | Post-lockdown | |||
| Radiologic assessment | 530 (59.8)A | 460 (41)C | 552 (50.1)B | Tukey contrasts of logistic regression models | <0.001 |
| Intraoral radiograph | 432 (48.7)A | 391 (34.9)C | 480 (43.6)B | <0.001 | |
| Panoramic radiograph | 156 (17.6)A | 94 (8.4)B | 111 (10.1)B | <0.001 | |
| CBCT | 9 (1) | 7 (0.6) | 3 (0.3) | 0.108 | |
| Pharmacologic management | 49 (5.5)A,B | 83 (7.4)A | 51 (4.6)B | 0.018 | |
| Medication | |||||
| Analgesics | 19 (2.1) | 37 (3.3) | 20 (1.8) | n. d. | |
| Analgesics and antibiotics | 7 (0.8) | 20 (1.8) | 15 (1.4) | n. d. | |
| Antibiotics | 23 (2.6) | 25 (2.2) | 14 (1.3) | n. d. | |
| Other | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | n. d. | |
| Aerosol generating procedure | 498 (56.1)A | 239 (21.3)B | 583 (53)A | <0.001 | |
| Rubber dam | 58 (6.5)A,B | 89 (7.9)B | 54 (4.9)A | 0.005 | |
| Restorative treatment | 229 (25.8)A | 222 (19.8)B | 218 (19.8)B | <0.001 | |
| Endodontic treatment | 0.611 | ||||
| Direct pulp capping | 0 (0) | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | n. d. | |
| Partial pulpotomy | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | n. d. | |
| Pulpotomy | 9 (1) | 12 (1.1) | 6 (0.5) | n. d. | |
| Root canal treatment | 45 (5.1) | 64 (5.7) | 48 (4.4) | n. d. | |
| Periodontal treatment | |||||
| Debridement | 59 (6.7)A | 25 (2.2)B | 74 (6.7)A | <0.001 | |
| NUG or NUP treatment | 0 (0) | 7 (0.6) | 1 (0.1) | n. d. | |
| Extraction | |||||
| Dental implant removal | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.2) | n. d. | |
| Simple tooth extraction | 136 (15.3)A | 211 (18.8)A,B | 224 (20.3)B | 0.048 | |
| Surgical tooth extraction | 14 (1.5) | 21 (1.9) | 17 (1.5) | n. d. | |
| Abscess treatment | 24 (2.5)A | 51 (4.5)B | 25 (2.2)A | 0.002 | |
| Dentitio difficilis treatment | 22 (2.3) | 33 (2.9) | 28 (2.4) | 0.589 | |
| Splinting | 9 (0.9) | 7 (0.6) | 10 (0.9) | 0.702 | |
| Surgical follow-up treatment | 66 (6.9)A | 233 (20.8)B | 110 (9.5)A | <0.001 | |
| Prosthodontic emergency treatment | 95 (9.9) | 88 (7.9) | 102 (8.8) | 0.269 | |
| Oral medicine treatment | 100 (10.4)A | 51 (4.5)B | 31 (2.7)C | <0.001 | |
| Orthodontic emergency treatment | 2 (0.2)A | 37 (3.3)B | 11 (0.9)A | <0.001 | |
| Examination/counseling | 225 (23.4)A | 60 (5.4)B | 275 (23.7)A | <0.001 | |
| Follow-up over phone* | 2 (0.2)A | 26 (2.3)B | 3 (0.3)A | <0.001 | |
| Referral to hospital | 0 (0) | 3 (0.3) | 1 (0.1) | 0.20 | |
CBCT, cone-beam computed tomography; n. d., not determined; NUG, necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis; NUP, necrotizing (ulcerative) periodontitis; TMJ, temporomandibular joint
Within the same row, different superscript letters indicate significant differences in the Tukey contrasts
*Inquiry regarding postoperative complaints, analgesia, tolerance of prescribed drugs, and so forth. Considered a teledentistry modality at the UZB