Dimulai akhir Desember 2019 terjadi wabah virus baru di dataran china terkhusus di daerah Wuhan, yang secara cepat menyebar diluar China bahkan dalam waktu 2 bulan hampir seluruh dunia terinfeksi COVID-19, sehingga WHO menyatakan Outbreak COVID-19 Global Pandemic. Pada tanggal 2 maret 2020 Indonesia mengumumkan dimulainya kejadian wabah di wilayah Jakarta, Jawa Barat, dan Bali, dalam waktu singkat kurang 1 bulan, 34 provinsi terdeteksi COVID-19. Oleh karena Presiden RI menyatakan bencana nasional non alam, maka dibentuklah Gugus Tugas Percepatan Penanganan COVID-19 yang diawali oleh BNBP dari tingkat pusat hingga wilayah provinsi. Dengan adanya beberapa korban dokter gigi yang meninggal dunia akibat COVID-19, maka Kepala BNPB dan Kementerian Kesehatan menghimbau agar dokter gigi yang berisiko tinggi tertular COVID-19 saat memberikan pelayanan kesehatan gigi dan mulut, untuk sementara menghentikan pemberian pelayanan kecuali untuk kasus-kasus emergensi. Hampir 4 bulan para dokter gigi tidak praktik, tidak memberikan pelayanan langsung ke pasien, dan tidak dapat mengamalkan ilmu dan kompetensi dalam bentuk pengabdian kepada masyarakat. Banyak permintaan dan keluhan dari masyarakat, klinik, rumah sakit dan institusi pelayanan kesehatan agar para dokter gigi segera dapat berpraktik kembali, karena masyarakat kesulitan mendapatkan perawatan. Seiring dengan wacana Pemerintah menerapkan Kehidupan Normal Baru, atau Adaptasi Kebiasaan Baru yang dikenal dengan sebutan era New Normal, PB-PDGI memberikan kesempatan kepada dokter gigi seluruh Indonesia untuk memulai praktik kembali dengan berbagai ketentuan yang harus ditaati. Ketentuan-ketentuan ini dimaksudkan untuk melindungi dokter gigi dan tenaga kesehatan pendukung agar tidak tertular COVID-19, serta menghindari adanya infeksi silang di ruang tempat praktik. Dengan diterbitkan dan diberlakukannya Buku Panduan Dokter Gigi Dalam Era New Normal, maka dimulailah para dokter gigi Indonesia untuk berpraktik kembali. Buku ini memuat panduan secara lengkap, selain ketentuan berpraktik kembali di era new normal, tetapi juga tentang manajemen pembiayaan dan upaya promotif Kesehatan Gigi dan Mulut, yang didukung oleh literatur ilmiah yang kuat, sehingga dapat menjadi referensi bagi siapapun untuk penulisan ilmiah maupun penelitian. iv Ketua umum PB-PDGI memberikan apresiasi yang setinggi-tingginya kepada tim penulis buku Panduan Dokter Gigi Di Era New Normal, dengan dedikasi yang tinggi pula dan jerih payahnya mencari literatur, siang dan malam menyusun kata demi kata yang dirangkai menjadi kalimat-kalimat hingga terwujudnya buku ini yang menjadi pedoman bagi dokter gigi se-Indonesia untuk berpraktik di era new normal. Dengan penuh harapan, agar dokter gigi Indonesia dapat menggunakan buku ini secara bijak dan tidak menjadi keterpaksaan. Semoga Allah SWT selalu melindungi kita semua dan memberikan yang terbaik.. Aamiin...Aamiin… Ya Robbal 'alamin. Demikian terima kasih.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected health care systems around the world. Dentistry is one of the most closely related to the production of aerosols or droplets. Minimal visits to a dental clinic or hospital are highly recommended except in emergency cases. The government's recommendation is the use of teledentistry to conduct diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of diseases. The oral medicine field is fully in charge of this activity and until now it has never been studied how the characteristics of oral medicine patients who use teledentistry services including their level of satisfaction. Method: To describe the characteristic including the level of satisfaction of Oral Medicine patients using teledentistry in Dental Hospital Usakti during pandemic COVID-19. An observational cross-sectional study was conducted in the Oral Medicine Clinic in 31 patients who used teledentistry services at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic under informed consent. Validated modified questionnaire and sociodemographic data were collected and satisfaction scores were categorized. Results: The validity of the questionnaire showed Cronbach-alpha 0.83 with a reliability of 0.95 and a separation of 4.49. Most of the subject used teledentistry was female (54.83%), 31-60 years old (51.61%), no history of contact with COVID-19 patient, and prior history of teledentistry (100%, 77.41%, respectively). 93.6% of subjects showed a high satisfaction level in using teledentistry services. Conclusion: The characteristic of oral medicine patients using teledentistry described a high satisfaction level, thus the teledentistry method could be a solution in/after the pandemic era.
Dentists’ knowledge and attitudes are two main components that may have a role in reducing and preventing the severity of HIV infection. No recent data on this are available in Jakarta. Objective To evaluate the dental profession's experience based on knowledge and attitude toward HIV patients in West Jakarta. Subjects and Method A cross‐sectional study was conducted on 218 private dentists. The knowledge and attitude were assessed by validated questionnaire under informed consent. Data were analyzed by the Rasch model to assess reliability and multiple logistic regression. Result Rasch test found person reliability was poor (0.60; 1.23) and item reliability was excellent (0.97; 5.32). Good knowledge was shown in 58.3% of respondents, and a good attitude was practiced in 56.9%. Only the duration of dental practice (p < .005) <1 year served as an independent risk factor for good knowledge and attitude (p < .05; p < .05), respectively. Age, gender, having a social history of interacting with HIV patients, or a history of having treated HIV patients were not associated (p > .05). The results suggest that newly graduated dentists (<1 year) have retained the knowledge which could impact on their attitude toward HIV patients in dental practice. Conclusion Newly qualified dentists had the best knowledge and attitude toward treating HIV patients in West Jakarta.
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