COVID-19 pandemic impact on dentists in Latin America’s epicenter: São-Paulo, Brazil

Tatiane Fernandes Novaes, Maisa Camillo Jordão, Carlos Felipe Bonacina, André Oswaldo Veronezi, Carlos Ariel Rodrigues de Araujo, Isabel Cristina Olegário, Daniele Boina de Oliveira, Veranika Ushakova, Alexander Birbrair, Danielle da Costa Palacio and Debora Heller

PLOS ONE, 2021, vol. 16, issue 8, 1-12

Abstract: The state of São Paulo, Brazil, where more than 94.000 dentists are currently registered, has become the epicenter of COVID-19 in Latin America. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on dentists in this state. A semi-structured questionnaire was sent via e-mail to 93.280 dentists with active registration in the Dental Council of São Paulo (CROSP). The impact of COVID-19 pandemic was assessed through questions related to demographic, socioeconomic, dental practice characteristics and personal protective equipment (PPE) use. Ordinal logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the association between all the variables (p

Date: 2021
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