Abstract
Objective: Covid-19 is a highly infectious disease; it is transmitted by patients’ secretions and respiratory droplets SARS-CoV-2 was detected in patients saliva making dental care professionals more susceptible for contamination and the patient less safe while seeking the dental treatment. Methodology: This quantitative study was elaborated through a questionnaire for patients who frequently seek dental care in private and publica dental care units. A total of 205 over-18 patients were included, those who left one or more questions without answer were excluded. Participants were able to refuse to answer any question or to participate in the questionnaire at all. The questionnaire was composed of five questions. Participants were divided into two groups: Group 1: private dental offices patients (n=98); Group 2: public dental clinic patients (n=107). Results: there was a significant difference between groups 1 and 2, in which 50% of group 1 feel safe while seeking dental care during the Covid-19 pandemic in comparison with 72.89% of group 2. There was no significant difference between groups 1 and 2, in which 93.87 and 94.39% of groups 1 and 2 respectively feel safe with the professionals' PPE and consider it sufficient. About 59.81% of the participants of group 2 do not feel insecure with the cross contamination caused by SARS-CoV-2 in collective health care units. Finally, there was a significant difference between groups 1 and 2, in which 74.48% of group 1 prefer to be attended by vaccinated professionals, instead of only 56.07% of group 2. Conclusion: it was concluded that not all dental patients feel safe while seeking dental treatment during the Covid-19 pandemic, however, they consider the professional PPE sufficient. Patients feel safe to be attended by vaccinated professionals.
Highlights
IntroductionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 “SARS-CoV-2” that causes coronavirus disease of 2019 “Covid-
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 “SARS-CoV-2” that causes coronavirus disease of 2019 “Covid-19”, belongs to β genus Coronavirus of the coronaviridae family
In question 2, there was a significant difference between groups 1 and 2, in which 50% of group 1 feel safe while seeking dental care during the Covid-19 pandemic in comparison with 72.89% of group 2 (Figure.1)
Summary
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 “SARS-CoV-2” that causes coronavirus disease of 2019 “Covid-. 19”, belongs to β genus Coronavirus of the coronaviridae family Its genome characterization suggests similarity with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus “SARS-CoV” and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus “MERS-CoV” (Zhou et al, 2020). It has a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genome of ∼30 kb (Kim et al., 2020) which encodes three membrane proteins (Mandala et al, 2020) making its deactivation possible with sodium hypochlorite (Amjad Abu Hasna & Bresciani, 2021). After entry and replication of the genome in host cells, SARS-
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