Coronavirus and Its Impact on Dental Fraternity

D, Krishna Prasad; D, Anupama Prasad; Parakh, Mayank Kumar

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1713835

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“…22 An Indian study reported that the patients were charged additionally for PPE. 23 Although, in our study, most of the tenants agreed that the cost of PPE should be included in patients' treatment fees, yet charging patients an infection control fee may result in unethical custom. Induction of PPE cost in the aforementioned patient fee may have a significant impact on accessing care, especially for patients of a lower socioeconomic status.…”

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A Nation-wide Survey on Financial Impact of COVID-19 on Employers of Private Dental Practices of Pakistan

Sarwar¹,

Qureshi²,

Fatima³

et al. 2020

J Pak Dent Assoc

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the financial impact of COVID-19 on employers of private dental practices of Pakistan in the month of April and May 2020. METHODOLOGY: In this cross sectional study, the employers of dental practices of Pakistan were inquired about their financial management during COVID 19 outbreak. The data was analyzed using IBM-SPSS version 23.0. Percentages and Chi-square tests were used for statistical analysis at p <0.05. RESULTS: 52.7% owners opened their practices whereas 37.8% of tenants’ clinics remained closed (p<0.01). 38.3% of tenant employers provided inadequate PPE whereas 53.2% owners provided adequate PPE to their staff (p=0.02). 64% of owners easily arranged PPE for staff whereas 70.4% tenants found it difficult to arrange PPE because of its high cost. Employers with less than 10 years of practice reported less than 5% whereas those with more than 10 years of practice reported up to 24% of revenue generation income (p<0.01). Most of the employers paid full salary to their employees. If this condition persists till the end of August, 40.8% employers (<10 years practice) planned to adjust staff salaries whereas 33% employers (>10 years of practice) planned to find innovative ways to lower their operating costs (p<0.01). CONCLUSION: Due to minimal patient turnover, dental employers are facing incredible challenges in managing the expenses. Those with more than 10 years of practice are more economically stable as compared to the employers with less than 10 years of practice. KEYWORDS: COVID-19, finances, dental clinic, Pakistan. HOW TO CITE: Sarwar H, Qureshi NR, Fatima S, Naeem MM, Inayat A. A nation-wide survey on financial impact of COVID-19 on employers of private dental practices of Pakistan. J Pak Dent Assoc 2020;29(4):172-178.

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A Nation-wide Survey on Financial Impact of COVID-19 on Employers of Private Dental Practices of Pakistan

Sarwar¹,

Qureshi²,

Fatima³

et al. 2020

J Pak Dent Assoc

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“…There have been 43 publications on COVID-19 in JHAS-NU since the journal began in 2016, but the subject of all except for 6 of these articles is direct patient care. Three 1 2 3 have some diagnostic care component and the subject of the other three is the laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19. 4 5 6 Since JHAS-NU began in 2016, there have been 2 publications on biofilms, 7 8 3 publications on the microbiome, 9 10 11 2 publications on nanotechnology, 12 13 and 1 publication on probiotics.…”

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New Research Areas in Clinical Microbiology

Gurtler

2023

Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU

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I would like to outline a few areas in Clinical Microbiology that have become major research disciplines over the last 10 years that may now impact Health and Allied Sciences. They encompass (1) COVID-19, (2) biofilms, (3) microbiomes, (4) nanotechnology, and (5) probiotics. As well as being direct research areas, they overlap with each other, and they are beginning to overlap in important ways with Health and Allied Sciences-hence the importance of contributing papers on these subjects to the Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU (JHAS-NU).There have been 43 publications on COVID-19 in JHAS-NU since the journal began in 2016, but the subject of all except for 6 of these articles is direct patient care. Three 1-3 have some diagnostic care component and the subject of the other three is the laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19. [4][5][6] Since JHAS-NU began in 2016, there have been 2 publications on biofilms, 7,8 3 publications on the microbiome, 9-11 2 publications on nanotechnology, 12,13 and 1 publication on probiotics. 14 The following are some examples of current research impacting Health and Allied Sciences in the above-mentioned areas:

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