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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3586</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.SP184</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>An Audit of the Impact of Countrywide Lockdown During Covid-19 Pandemic on Utilization of Dental Services in India&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>VV</surname><given-names>Gupta</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>AM</surname><given-names>Thomas</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>S</surname><given-names>Gandhi</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>PK</surname><given-names>Atwal</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>S</surname><given-names>Kapoor</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>N</surname><given-names>Chitkara</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>RS</surname><given-names>Mathew</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>30</day><month>03</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>rn</volume><issue>ch</issue><fpage>190</fpage><lpage>193</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>ntroduction: The global pandemic resulting from the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has caused significant limitations in the public__ampersandsignrsquo;s access to routine dental and medical care. Objective: To audit the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the utilization of dental services. Methods: The present retrospective study was conducted in the Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology in collaboration with the Public Health Dentistry Department, Christian Dental College and Hospital Ludhiana. The hospital records of the 972 patients who visited the hospital OPD during the lockdown were analyzed. Results: Men sought emergency treatment more frequently (54.8%) compared to women (45.2%). Approximately 63% of the patients reported had endodontic emergencies like pulpitis, symptomatic alveolar abscess, symptomatic apical periodontitis and failed root canal treatments. The oral surgery department received a patient turnout of around 20% with emergencies like pain is grossly decayed teeth, impacted teeth, road traffic accident cases, dental fracture, neuralgias, tumour and MPDS patients. Prosthetic visits were around about 8%. Conclusion: COVID-19 pandemic decreased the utilization of non-urgent dental services significantly. This subsequently can negatively impact the dental health of the general public. An immediate decrease in dental service utilization is also anticipated due to the financial downturn in the COVID-19 pandemic.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>COVID-19</kwd><kwd> Dental Services</kwd><kwd> Utilization</kwd><kwd> Emergencies</kwd><kwd> Pulpitis</kwd><kwd> Trauma</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
