@misc{10481/79041,
year = {2022},
month = {12},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/79041},
abstract = {The worldwide pandemic has exposed healthcare professionals to a high risk of infection,
exacerbating the situation of uncertainty caused by COVID-19. The objective of this review was
to evaluate the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dental professionals and their
patients. A literature review was conducted using Medline-Pubmed, Web of Science, and Scopus
databases, excluding systematic reviews, narratives, meta-analyses, case reports, book chapters, short
communications, and congress papers. A modified version of the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS)
was used to evaluate the quality of the selected studies. The search retrieved 3879 articles, and 123 of
these were selected for the review (7 longitudinal and 116 cross-sectional studies). Elevated anxiety
levels were observed in dental professionals, especially in younger and female professionals. Except
for orthodontic treatments, patients reported a high level of fear that reduced their demand for
dentist treatment to emergency cases alone. The results suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has
had psychological and emotional consequences for dental professionals and their patients. Further
research is necessary to evaluate the persistence of this problem over time.},
organization = {Universidad de Granada, Plan Propio de Investigacion	PPJIA2021-36},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {COVID-19},
keywords = {Dentistry},
keywords = {Patients},
keywords = {Psychological factors},
title = {Psychological Impact of COVID-19 in the Setting of Dentistry: A Review Article},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph192316216},
author = {De Haro, Juan Carlos and Rosel, Eva María and Salcedo Bellido, Inmaculada and Leno Durán, Ester and Requena Méndez, María del Pilar and Barrios Rodríguez, Rocío},
}