COVID-19 and the impact on child dental services in the UK

Ifeanyichukwu Okike¹, Allan Reid², Katherine Woonsam^{1

3}, Andrew Dickenson⁴

Affiliations

¹ Paediatrics, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK.
² Public Health Improvement Team, Public Health England, Midlands, Nottingham, UK.
³ Mill Hill Dental Clinic, Community Dental Services CIC, 2 Mill Hill Road Derby, UK.
⁴ Regional Postgraduate Dental Dean Midlands and East, Health Education England, Leicester, UK.

Editorial

Ifeanyichukwu Okike et al. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2021.

. 2021 Jan 22;5(1):e000853.

doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000853. eCollection 2021.

Ifeanyichukwu Okike¹, Allan Reid², Katherine Woonsam^{1

3}, Andrew Dickenson⁴

¹ Paediatrics, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK.
² Public Health Improvement Team, Public Health England, Midlands, Nottingham, UK.
³ Mill Hill Dental Clinic, Community Dental Services CIC, 2 Mill Hill Road Derby, UK.
⁴ Regional Postgraduate Dental Dean Midlands and East, Health Education England, Leicester, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; dentistry; epidemiology; obesity.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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