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Zellmer S, Bachmann E, Muzalyova A, et al. One Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Dental Medical Facilities in Germany: A Questionnaire-Based Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;19(1)doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010175.
Zellmer, S., Bachmann, E., Muzalyova, A., Ebigbo, A., Kahn, M., Traidl-Hoffmann, C., Frankenberger, R., Eckstein, F. M., Ziebart, T., Meisgeier, A., Messmann, H., Römmele, C., & Schlittenbauer, T. (2021). One Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Dental Medical Facilities in Germany: A Questionnaire-Based Analysis. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(1), . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010175
Zellmer, Stephan, et al. "One Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Dental Medical Facilities in Germany: A Questionnaire-Based Analysis." International journal of environmental research and public health vol. 19,1 (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010175
Zellmer S, Bachmann E, Muzalyova A, Ebigbo A, Kahn M, Traidl-Hoffmann C, Frankenberger R, Eckstein FM, Ziebart T, Meisgeier A, Messmann H, Römmele C, Schlittenbauer T. One Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Dental Medical Facilities in Germany: A Questionnaire-Based Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 24;19(1). doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010175. PMID: 35010434; PMCID: PMC8750787.
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Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 24;19(1). doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010175.

One Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Dental Medical Facilities in Germany: A Questionnaire-Based Analysis.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Stephan Zellmer, Ella Bachmann, Anna Muzalyova, Alanna Ebigbo, Maria Kahn, Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Roland Frankenberger, Fabian M Eckstein, Thomas Ziebart, Axel Meisgeier, Helmut Messmann, Christoph Römmele, Tilo Schlittenbauer

Affiliations

  1. Department of Internal Medicine III-Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Augsburg, Stenglinstraße 2, 86156 Augsburg, Germany.
  2. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Augsburg, Sauerbruchstraße 6, 86179 Augsburg, Germany.
  3. Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Neusäßer Straße 47, 86156 Augsburg, Germany.
  4. Department of Operative Dentistry, Endodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Campus Marburg, University Medical Center Giessen and Marburg, Georg-Voigt-Str. 3, 35039 Marburg, Germany.
  5. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
  6. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Campus Marburg, Philipps University Marburg and University Medical Center Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstr, 35033 Marburg, Germany.

PMID: 35010434 PMCID: PMC8750787 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010175

Abstract

(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic forced healthcare workers to adapt to challenges in both patient care and self-protection. Dental practitioners were confronted with a potentially high possibility of infection transmission due to aerosol-generating procedures. This study aims to present data on healthcare worker (HCW) screening, infection status of HCWs, pre-interventional testing, the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the economic impact of the pandemic in dental facilities. (2) Methods: Dental facilities were surveyed nationwide using an online questionnaire. The acquisition of participants took place in cooperation with the German Society for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine. (3) Results: A total of 1094 private practices participated. Of these, 39.1% treated fewer than 600 patients per quarter and 59.9% treated over 600 patients per quarter. Pre-interventional testing was rarely performed in either small (6.6%) or large practices (6.0%). Large practices had a significantly higher incidence of at least one SARS-CoV-2-positive HCW than small practices (26.2% vs.14.4%,

Keywords: COVID-19; dentistry; healthcare

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