Volume 26, Issue 121, March 2022

Does COVID-19 pandemic have any impact on use of behavior management strategies in paediatric dentistry? A cross sectional study

Parag Dhake^1♦, Devendra Nagpal², Sargam Sortey³, Prabhat Singh³, Gagandeep Lamba⁴, Purva Chaudhari⁴

¹Post graduate student, Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, VSPM Dental College and Research Centre, Nagpur, India
²Professor and Head, Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, VSPM Dental College and Research Centre, Nagpur, India
³Senior lecturer, Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, VSPM Dental College and Research Centre, Nagpur, India
⁴Reader, Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, VSPM Dental College and Research Centre, Nagpur, India

^♦Corresponding author
Post graduate student, Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, VSPM Dental College and Research Centre, Hingna Road, Nagpur - 440019, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Objective: To analyse the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on behavior management strategies in paediatric dentistry. Study Design: For this cross sectional research, before the COVID-19 pandemic and after the lift of lockdown during COVID-19 pandemic, a standardized close-ended set of 26 questions on behaviour management and paediatric dental practise was developed and forwarded to pedodontist in India. The data of their responses was collected and put into a worksheet in Excel, then analysed statistically and inferences were drawn. Results: The preference for non-pharmacological and pharmacological behavior management techniques has been changed; before COVID-19, non-pharmacological behaviour management techniques were widely prevalent but after the lift of lockdown the preference for pharmacological behavior management techniques have noticeably increased. Conclusion: Because of the threat of cross-infection in the COVID-19 pandemic, use of strategies for behavior management has been changed. So the paediatric dentist should cope-up with the situations such as the COVID-19 outbreak, adapt to changes in behavior management strategies and become competent enough to effectively perform treatment in paediatric patients.

Keywords: behavior management, COVID-19, paediatric dentist

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms100e2078

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i121/ms100e2078

Published: 16 March 2022