Impact of COVID-19 on Oral and Dental Health Delivery and Recommendations for Continuation of Oral and Dental Health Services

COVID-19, which has caused a great panic by leaving millions of deaths in its wake worldwide, has affected the provision of oral and dental health services as in many fields. Especially dentists, who offer oral and dental health services by working in the oral region of the patients, are under a high risk of encountering the agent. This high risk has justifiably created a concern for them. Therefore, it has been quite challenging to provide oral and dental health services. In order to alleviate these concerns and to sustain oral and dental health services, many health organizations and institutions, especially the World Health Organization, have published recommendations and principles of practice, and announced financial support. In this section, we will examine the recommendations and practices regarding infection prevention and control measures by getting away from standard routine health service practices in order to be protected from COVID-19 epidemic and what areas they cover on a wide scale. By discussing the effects of these recommendations and practices on the provision of dental health services, we will try to determine the practices that will relieve concerns and are aimed at ensuring the provision of safe health services in terms of both patients’ health and health professionals’ health.

PENERAPAN PENGGUNAAN ALAT PELINDUNG DIRI DI LABORATORIUM TEKNIK GIGI KOTA PEKANBARU

Personal protective equipment is a tool to protect workers from direct danger due to work accidents. Dental engineering services carried out in dental engineering laboratories have become an inseparable part of the efforts to provide dental health services with other related health workers. Work accidents that occur in dental technicians include various incidents such as body pain, stiffness, sore fingers, pierced by wires, irritated eyes and work stress and there are still workers who do not wear personal protective equipment while working. The purpose of this study was to determine the application of the use of personal protective equipment in the Dental Engineering Laboratory of Pekanbaru City in 2020. This research method is qualitative by conducting interviews and observations. This research was conducted at the Smile Dental, Riau Dental and Athallah Dental Laboratories in July-August 2020. The informants in this study were 9 employees of the dental engineering laboratory. The results of this study are most informants have good knowledge about personal protective equipment, good attitude of workers in using personal protective equipment, have never conducted training on personal protective equipment and there is no training, personal protective equipment facilities are already available in the laboratory but are not yet complete. The conclusion of this research is that employees' knowledge and attitude are good regarding personal protective equipment, training has never been carried out by employees and personal protective equipment facilities are available in the laboratory but are not yet complete. It is expected that the laboratory will conduct training and equip personal protective equipment so that employees can always apply the use of personal protective equipment while working. Bibliography : 8 (1997-2012) Keywords : Personal Protective Equipment, Laboratory

Oral and Dental Health Education: Oral and Dental Service Problems during the Pandemic

This article discusses the education of oral and dental health is very important in the pandemic, because gig and mouth are vital organs in humans. However, during the pandemic the problems of oral and dental health services were problematic. people become vulnerable to viruses due to the rapid process of virus exchange. Dental and verbal wellbeing includes a tall potential to transmit sars-cov-2 infection or superior known as crown. Since, the transmission of the infection can be through beads or sprinkles of saliva, that's , this fluid can be showered within the center of the examination prepare which is at that point connected to the hardware utilized to look at the teeth. So people are encouraged to maintain dental and oral health independently for the non-emergency category: Avoiding plaque buildup, Brushing teeth regularly with the correct techniques, using dental floss, Reducing foods and beverages high in sugar and acid.

Factors Affecting the Reinstatement of the Japanese Dental Hygienist: A Japanese Dental Hygienist Survey Conducted in 2019

There is a shortage of dental hygienists for dental clinics in Japan. An ideal solution would be for dormant dental hygienists to re-enter the workforce. In this study, we identified the obstacles preventing these dental hygienists from re-entering the workforce. The Japan Dental Hygienists’ Association surveyed all 16,113 members about their working conditions. Among the 101 items in the questionnaire, 11 items specifically targeted the reasons why dental hygienists leave their jobs. Among 8780 responses (54.5%), 1063 were from members who had resigned from jobs as dental hygienists. Three hundred and fifty-five (34.4%) answered “Yes” to the question “I would like to return to work if conditions are satisfactory.” The most frequent cause for leaving a job was” Childbirth and child-rearing” (16.9%). “Working status/working hours” (15.7%) was the main obstacle to re-entry. Furthermore, dental hygienists with intentions to re-enter decided to leave their jobs most frequently because of “Childbirth and child-rearing” and “Working status/working hours.” Improvement of the social support system for dental hygienists is required to ensure a sufficient supply of dental health services.