RT Journal Article
T1 State of the Oral Implantology Practice in Spain during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey
A1 Salgado Peralvo, Ángel Orión
A1 Fernández Cerero, Daniel
A1 García Sánchez, Álvaro
A1 Kewalramani, Naresh
A1 Velasco Ortega, Eugenio
A1 Jiménez Guerra, Álvaro
A1 Ortiz García, Iván
A1 Moreno Muñoz, Jesús
A1 Núñez Márquez, Enrique
A1 López López, José
A1 Monsalve Guil, Loreto
AB At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, strict measures of confinement and social distancing were taken. Dentists were considered essential personnel and their activity was restricted to emergency treatment. The present observational study aims to determine the situation of oral implantology practice in Spain during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a cross-sectional observational study based on the STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) guidelines. An electronic survey consisting of three blocks of questions was sent to all members of the Spanish Society of Implants. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis. A total of 237 participants (14.3%) responded to the questionnaire. The majority of participants (60.8%) only attended emergencies during the first 9 months of the pandemic. Despite this, 77.2% reported having performed dental implant surgeries and 75.5% indicated that they performed non-essential treatments. The activity was fully recovered by 64.1% of the surveyed dentists. The majority of dentists (90.7%) considered that sufficient/adequate preventive measures were carried out at their workplace, which possibly contributed to the fact that 49.3% were not afraid of becoming infected. This concern was significantly and directly proportionally associated with the age of the surveyed dentists. The oral implant practice was affected to a greater extent during the first 9 months of the pandemic, especially in urban areas, with a greater impact on the workload of professionals with less specialised training in oral implantology.
PB MDPI
SN 1660-4601
YR 2023
FD 2023-01-18
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103702
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103702
LA eng
NO Salgado-Peralvo, Á.-O.; Fernández-Cerero, D.; Garcia- Sanchez, A.; Kewalramani, N.; Velasco-Ortega, E.; Jiménez-Guerra, Á.; Ortiz-García, I.; Moreno-Muñoz, J.; Núñez-Márquez, E.; López-López, J.; et al. State of the Oral Implantology Practice in Spain during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1743. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph20031743
NO Sociedad Española de Implantes
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025