Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oral health care use in the United States through December 2021

CONCLUSIONS: The pandemic was associated with changes in the provision of oral health care that persisted for more than 1 year.PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Reductions in preventive procedure volumes across age groups younger than 65 years may have implications for longer-term effects of the pandemic.PMID:37656082 | DOI:10.1016/j.adaj.2023.07.012

Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - September 1, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Joseph Dill Margherita Fontana Jim Bader Jeffrey Chaffin Sheila Strock George Eckert Source Type: research