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Review
. 2023 Mar;23(1):44-50.
doi: 10.4314/ahs.v23i1.6.

Psychological impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on dentists

Bhagyashree Patil  1 , Sannidhya Mishra  1 , Sanjna Ramesh  1 , Suyog Savant  2
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Review

Psychological impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on dentists

Bhagyashree Patil et al. Afr Health Sci. 2023 Mar.

Abstract

Background: The Covid-19 pandemic seems to have an incessant out-turn on the people in every field in some or the other way. It has been reported that maximum number of deaths in the countries during this pandemic are caused due to a term called death anxiety or phobia. There are certain parameters such as anxiety, apprehension, depression which if influence a person can alter one's well-being.

Objective: The steadfast intent of this review article is to narrate the psychological impact of this pandemic on dentists. The eloquence and emergence of this topic will alarm all the medicos and paramedics to have a check on this scenario.

Methods: The article consists of detailed study from several articles from PubMed publications. Articles written only in English language were referred. Various keywords such as "Covid-19 pandemic" or "Psychological Impact" were used.

Results: The Covid-19 Pandemic has adversely affected all of us physically as well as psychologically. This article signifies the psychological impact of this pandemic on dentists.

Conclusion: The current studies that are carried out till date show an extensive impact on the psychology of the dental professionals. The following review article elaborates the importance of the same.

Keywords: Psychological aspect; dentist; mental health.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflict of interest.

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