Journal article
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Oral Health of Patients with Special Needs
The Dental clinics of North America, Vol.66(2), pp.181-194
2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2022.01.001
PMCID: PMC8743596
PMID: 35365272
Abstract
In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global public health emergency due to the spread of COVID-19, and medical and dental elective care was suspended, disproportionally affecting persons with special needs. As many of the special needs population live in a communal environment, they were at higher risk of being infected with and dying of COVID-19. Consequently, their access to medical and dental services was limited to emergency care. A method of reaching these populations evolved by the expansion of telehealth, including dentistry, to provide diagnosis, management, prevention, and provision of psychosocial support for patients.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Impact of COVID-19 on the Oral Health of Patients with Special Needs
- Creators
- Ronald Ettinger - University of IowaLeonardo Marchini - University of IowaSamuel Zwetchkenbaum - Rhode Island Department of Health
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Dental clinics of North America, Vol.66(2), pp.181-194
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cden.2022.01.001
- PMID
- 35365272
- PMCID
- PMC8743596
- ISSN
- 0011-8532
- eISSN
- 1558-0512
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2022
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Prosthodontics
- Record Identifier
- 9984230138302771
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