Experiência de traumatismo dentário durante a pandemia da COVID-19: uma revisão sistemática e meta-análise

Abstract

This systematic review with meta-analysis evaluated the prevalence and pattern of occurrence of dental trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic and compared it with the prevalence in the pre-pandemic period. Searches were carried out in the Cochrane Library, LILACS, PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, gray literature (OpenGrey) and Google Scholar. The risk of bias was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute scales and the certainty of the evidence was assessed using the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) system. A total of 30 publications, 29 cross-sectional studies and one cohort, were included in the systematic review and 28 studies were included in the meta-analysis. Two meta-analyses were performed using the random effects model. A meta-analysis of the prevalence of dental trauma during the pandemic and another comparing the prevalence of dental trauma between the period before the pandemic and the pandemic period. This meta-analysis showed that the prevalence of dental trauma during the pandemic was 9.42% [95% CI = 6.02 – 13.48]; I2 = 99.12%, and that there was no significant difference in the prevalence of dental trauma when comparing the period before the pandemic with the pandemic period (OR = 0.94; [95% CI = 0.68 – 1.29]); I2 = 92%).