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Our study aimed to explore the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric dental services which might assist global paediatric dentists to build confidence and make appropriate policies under the pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A retrospective study was performed. Medical records of patients were retrieved but without any private information, including patient name, ID number and address.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>All data of the patients from 20 April to 31 July in 2020 and 2019 were extracted and analysed including demographics, dental diagnosis and treatment methods. A total of 18\u2009198 patients were included in the study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>During this period, no medical staff or patient was infected with COVID-19 due to dental services. A total of 6485 in 2020 but 11\u2009713 during the same period in 2019 visited the department. Compared with 2019, gender distribution did not change, but age distribution changed with an increase under 6-year-old. The diagnoses including caries, retained primary teeth, malocclusion, deep pits and fissures changed significantly, while pulpitis, apical periodontitis, tooth trauma, early loss of primary teeth, supernumerary teeth showed little change. Aerosol generating procedures were adopted less frequently overall in this period.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The reopening of paediatric dental services is proceeding steadily with significant changes in the characteristics of the patients and treatment procedures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2020-048430","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,12]],"date-time":"2022-01-12T11:51:07Z","timestamp":1641988267000},"page":"e048430","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Changes in paediatric dental clinic after reopening during COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan: a retrospective study"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6468-083X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jinghui","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China"},{"name":"Department of Paediatric Dentistry, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guobin","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China"},{"name":"Department of General and Emergency, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Runze","family":"Jin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China"},{"name":"Department of Paediatric Dentistry, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5416-1665","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Guangtai","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China"},{"name":"Department of Paediatric Dentistry, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guohua","family":"Yuan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China"},{"name":"Department of Paediatric Dentistry, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025120521283002000_12.1.e048430.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa2001017"},{"key":"2025120521283002000_12.1.e048430.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jinf.2020.03.041"},{"key":"2025120521283002000_12.1.e048430.3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.3389\/fcimb.2021.596201","article-title":"Wuhan to world: the COVID-19 pandemic","volume":"11","author":"Kumar","year":"2021","journal-title":"Front Cell Infect Microbiol"},{"key":"2025120521283002000_12.1.e048430.4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"523","DOI":"10.1111\/ipd.12690","article-title":"Could COVID-19 change the way we manage caries in primary teeth? 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