Dental treatments, care, and services (the decision context): Delay of dental care during the COVID-19 pandemic
In one mixed-methods study, 38.1% of dental-care respondents reported delays during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Dental treatments including dental care and services Delay of dental care during the COVID-19 pandemic · Potential patients in dental care, including parents or caregivers making treatment decisions; excludes patients with… · USA; online convenience sample, US patients at COVID-19 onset (Papautsky et al. convenience sample, n=2570) In one mixed-methods study, 38.1% of dental-care respondents reported delays during the COVID-19 pandemic. Decision-making regarding dental treatments - What factors matter from patients' perspective? A systematic… (2025) All outcomes | Proportion reporting delays 0.381 | 1 study · 2570 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decision-making regarding dental treatments - What factors matter from patients' perspective? A systematic review. 2025 All outcomes | 2007 to January 2021 (initial search 2007 to 2018; update search 2019 to January 2021) | 128 | Not applicable |
Studies behind the findings
The primary studies the full-text reviews tie to this outcome. Reviews with headline outcomes only do not list them here.
- Characterizing Health Care Delays and Interruptions in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Internet-Based, Cross-sectional… · 2021 · included by 1 of these review
How reviews are matched to this question
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