Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on oral health procedures provided by the Brazilian public health system: COVID-19 and oral health in Brazil

Mateus Bertolini Fernandes Dos Santos; Ana Luiza Cardoso Pires; Júlia Machado Saporiti; Mateus De Azevedo Kinalski; Leonardo Marchini

doi:10.1016/j.hlpt.2021.02.001

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on oral health procedures provided by the Brazilian public health system: COVID-19 and oral health in Brazil

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on oral health procedures provided by the Brazilian public health system: COVID-19 and oral health in Brazil

Mateus Bertolini Fernandes Dos Santos, Ana Luiza Cardoso Pires, Júlia Machado Saporiti, Mateus De Azevedo Kinalski and Leonardo Marchini

Health policy and technology, Vol.10(1), pp.135-142

03/2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2021.02.001

PMID: 33585171

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Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the number of dental procedures performed in the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS) during the first wave of COVID-19 in Brazil (1 st semester of 2020) and compare it with the same period of 2019. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted based on the SUS Dataset (DATASUS). Descriptive analysis of the number of dental procedures and socio-demographic regions was presented and the number of dental procedures during the first semester of 2020 was compared to 2019, using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test (α=0.05). The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths were also retrieved from DATASUS. Results: Dental procedures decreased from 47 million in the first semester of 2019 to 15 million in 2020, representing an overall decrease of about 66%. Statistically significant differences were observed for the numbers of procedures regarding preventive actions related to oral health (-84.53%; p <0.001), primary care (-60.69%; p <0.001), endodontic specialized care (-52.50%; p <0.001), and periodontal and oral surgery specialized care (-54.57%; p <0.001). Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic also reduced by half the number of oral health procedures provided by the SUS in almost all Brazilian states regardless of whether these states had a large number of confirmed cases or deaths. Future policies are recommended in order to reduce the negative impact of the suspension of dental services on the oral health of the population.

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Title: Subtitle: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on oral health procedures provided by the Brazilian public health system: COVID-19 and oral health in Brazil
Creators: Mateus Bertolini Fernandes Dos Santos - Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
Ana Luiza Cardoso Pires - Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
Júlia Machado Saporiti - Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
Mateus De Azevedo Kinalski - Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
Leonardo Marchini - Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Health policy and technology, Vol.10(1), pp.135-142
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2021.02.001
PMID: 33585171
NLM abbreviation: Health Policy Technol
ISSN: 2211-8837
eISSN: 2211-8845
Publisher: Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine. Published by Elsevier Ltd
Grant note: DOI: 10.13039/501100002322, name: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Language: English
Date published: 03/2021
Academic Unit: Preventive and Community Dentistry; Prosthodontics
Record Identifier: 9984077785602771

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