Covid-19 impact on dental emergencies at BC Children’s Hospital
department or school: Dentistry, Faculty of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Kumar, Smita
issued: 2024-07-10T17:52:28Z
issued: 2024
related degree: Master of Science - MSc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Objectives: Our objective is to measure the effect of the pandemic on the frequency and types of dental emergencies. We hypothesized there will be no difference in the number of visits during the most extreme phase of the lock-down. We also hypothesized that trauma and dental infections would remain the same as in prepandemic times. Methods: Retrospective chart review of dental emergencies from 2018-2021, that required dental staff to attend and treat the patient after hours. The data was anonymized, entered into REDCap, and exported to Prism v10.0 for statistical analysis. Results: A total of 283 patients were in the study, 131 were recruited from Jan. 2018-March 15, 2020, and 152 were recruited from March 16, 2020, to December 31 2021. The proportion of trauma versus non-trauma associated visits to the ED (78% were due to trauma and 22% from other causes) was unchanged compared to prepandemic. The following significant differences were found: During the pandemic there was a higher proportion of (A) bike and hit injuries, (B) outdoor injuries, (C) Photographic records taken during the visit, (D) cases treated directly by the attending pediatric dentist, and (E) use of sedation. Note there were no significant differences in types of injuries within the different phases of the pandemic. Conclusions: There was no significant change in the total number or proportion of visits due to trauma or non-trauma related emergencies due to the pandemic. Interestingly, the prepandemic period used in this study had different proportions of emergency visits compared to 2009-2013. In the historical period there were more non-traumatic emergencies than traumatic injuries. Therefore, emergency treatment has evolved, and it was critical that our comparison period be as close as possible to the study period (pandemic). Emergency care is dynamic and during the pandemic, there was a big shift towards taking photographs of the face and teeth. Photographs help the attending dentist to prepa…
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note: COVID-19 IMPACT ON DENTAL EMERGENCIES AT BC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL by Smita Kumar D.D.S, University of Minnesota, 2014 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Craniofacial Science) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) July 2024 © Smita Kumar, 2024 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the thesis entitled: Covid-19 impact on Dental Emergencies at BC Children’s Hospital submitted by Smita Kumar in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Craniofacial Science Examining Committee: Dr. Joy Richman, Professor and Director, Oral Health Sciences, UBC Supervisor Dr. Jennifer Park, Chief of Dentistry, BC Children’s Hospital Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Ahmed Hieawy, Associate Professor, Department of Endodontics, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Ran Goldman, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, BC Children’s Hospital Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Gabriela Garisto, Director of Dental Education, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Additional Examiner DD iii Abstract Objectives: Our objective is to measure the effect of the pandemic on the frequency and types of dental emergencies. We hypothesized there will be no difference in the number of visits during the most extreme phase of the lock-down. We also hypothesized that trauma and dental infections would remain the same as in prepandemic times. Methods: Retrospective chart review of dental emergencies from 2018-2021, that required dental staff to attend and treat the patient after hours. The data was anonymized, entered into REDCap, and exported to Prism v10.0 for statistical analysis. Results: A total of 283 patients were in the study, 131 were recruited from Jan. 2018-March 15, 2020, and 152 wer…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2024-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0444127
language: eng
degree discipline: Craniofacial Science
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Richman, Joy M.
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/88611