Resumption of brazilian oral medicine health care during the second period of the COVID-19 pandemic

Q4 Dentistry

Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences Pub Date : 2024-03-13 DOI:10.20396/bjos.v23i00.8672937

N. Marques, D. M. Silveira, N. C. T. Marques, Edson Gomes de Lucena, D. R. Martelli, D. E. D. C. Perez, H. Martelli Júnior

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Abstract

Aim: This present study aims to compare the data from the Brazilian Unified Health System on the number of clinical consultations of Oral Medicine from the first 6 months (March-August 2020) of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil with the last 6 months (September-February 2020/2021) to update the data, verify the measures’ effectiveness to return clinical activities in the following months. Methods: perform a literature review of recent articles that report the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Oral Medicine. Results: There was an increase in the number of Oral Medicine clinical consultations in the second half of the pandemic throughout Brazil (+64.2%), representing over 9,235 appointments in this period. Conclusion: measures for the return of health assistance and the practice of Telemedicine proved to be effective after the second period of the pandemic. Even so, strengthening security measures against the coronavirus is essential to ward off a new wave since the Omicron variant emerged in the country and, consequently, possible new lockdowns that might affect healthcare in Brazil.

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在 COVID-19 大流行的第二个时期恢复巴西口腔医学保健

目的：本研究旨在比较巴西统一卫生系统在 COVID-19 大流行的前 6 个月（2020 年 3 月至 8 月）与后 6 个月（2020 年 9 月至 2021 年 2 月）的口腔内科临床咨询次数数据，以更新数据、验证措施的有效性，从而在接下来的几个月恢复临床活动。方法：对近期报道 COVID-19 大流行对口腔医学影响的文章进行文献综述。结果：大流行后半期，巴西全国的口腔医学临床咨询数量有所增加（+64.2%），在此期间的预约数量超过 9,235 次。结论：在大流行的第二个阶段，恢复医疗援助的措施和远程医疗的实践证明是有效的。即便如此，加强针对冠状病毒的安全措施对于防止新一轮疫情的发生仍是至关重要的，因为巴西出现了 Omicron 变体，因此可能会出现新的封锁，从而影响巴西的医疗保健。

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Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences Dentistry-Dentistry (all)

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0.60

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20 weeks

期刊介绍： The Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences is an international non-profit journal, which publishes full-Length papers, original research reports, literature reviews, special reports, clinical cases, current topics and short communications, dealing with dentistry or related disciplines.