The COVID-19 pandemic and its global effects on dental practice. An International survey

G Campus; M Diaz Betancourt; MG Cagetti; RA Giacaman; DJ Manton; GVA Douglas; TS Carvalho; JC Carvalho; A Vukovic; FJ Cortés-Martinicorena; D Bourgeois; V Machiulskiene; R Sava-Rosianu; J Krithikadatta; NS Morozova; AM Acevedo; AA Agudelo-Suarez; G Aguirre; K Aguirre; I Alfonso; HA Ghaffar; RA El Fadl; SA Al Maghlouth; T Almerich-Torres; F Amadori; K Antia; E Bajric; DM Barbosa-Liz; S Ben-Tanfous; H Bieber; S Bhusari; S Birch; G Bontà; P Bottenberg; JJ Bruers; L Bustillos; P Bührens; J Cai; JL Cairoli; FCA Carrer; MB Correa; B Cortés-Acha; F Carrouel; R de Carvalho Oliveira; F Cocco; F Crombie; JI Csikar; D Declerck; M Denkovski; J Deschner; J Dopico-San Martin; O Viktorovna Dudnik; WY Escobar; A Elwishahy; CE Fernàndez; M Fontana; AF Pericchi; M Ghorbe; E Gigineishvili; AG Quintana; J Gray; N Gugnani; K Gambetta-Tessini; A Haider; M Hopcraft; J Hüttmann; N Hysenaj; A Jalal; M Jikia; J John; G Kaps-Richter; TK Tedesco; S Leòn; KA Levin; HP Lew; MAM Machado; AB MacLennan; JO Mafeni; MM Braga; JM Montiel-Company; A Malerba; S Mandić-Rajčević; AA Mamedo; SA Mani; O Marouane; D Markovic; EP Martinez; N Maroufidis; FM Mendes; CF Mendez; S Musa; A Necibi; NAM Nor; BT Ojukwu; N Opdam; L Ottolenghi; J Owen; A Pássaro; IF Persoon; T Peric

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The COVID-19 pandemic and its global effects on dental practice. An International survey

G Campus, M Diaz Betancourt, MG Cagetti, RA Giacaman, DJ Manton, GVA Douglas, TS Carvalho, JC Carvalho, A Vukovic, FJ Cortés-Martinicorena, D Bourgeois, V Machiulskiene, R Sava-Rosianu, J Krithikadatta, NS Morozova, AM Acevedo, AA Agudelo-Suarez, G Aguirre, K Aguirre, I Alfonso Show all

Journal of Dentistry | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2021.103749

Abstract

Objectives: A multicentre survey was designed to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on dental practice worldwide, estimate the COVID-19 related symptoms/signs, work attitudes and behaviour and the routine use of protective measures and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Methods: A global survey using a standardized questionnaire with research groups from 36 countries was designed. The questionnaire was developed and pretested during April 2020 and contained three domains: 1) Personal data; 2) COVID-19 positive rate and symptoms/signs presumably related to the coronavirus; 3) Working conditions and PPE adopted after the outbreak. Countries’ data were grouped by the Country Positive Ra..

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