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Implementation of community dental and oral health care before COVID-19 pandemic to new normal period at Public Health Care

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Introduction: Dental health services at public health care (PHCs) are the first
and foremost effort to overcome dental health problems in the community, consisting
of Individual Health Care (IHC), Community Dental Health Care (CDHC), and School
Dental Health Care (SDHC). The presence of COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia has
hampered dental health services at PHCs. This study aims to know the implementation
of dental and oral health Care at the PHC from before COVID-19 pandemic to new
normal adaptation period. Methods: descriptive cross-sectional study, conducted from
January to February 2022. The sample consisted of 15 Public Health Cares in
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, by interviewing dentists and doing a check list on the
rubric for each activity implementation. Data processing by percentage of
implementation. Result: The implementation of promotive before the pandemic was
100%, when the pandemic decreased and increased again almost 100% during the new
normal adaptation period. Before the pandemic, most preventive measures had not
reached 100%, during the pandemic there were almost no activities and during the new
normal adaptation period there was an increase but the percentage was low. The
curative implementation during the Pandemic was almost 100% implemented, at the
beginning of the pandemic the implementation decreased but for counseling and
referrals 100% was carried out. During the adaptation period, many new habits have
been implemented up to 100%. The implementation of rehabilitation during the
pandemic period was still low (40%), at the beginning of the pandemic 13% and during
the adaptation period, there was an increase according to the pandemic period (33%).
Conclusion: Prior to the pandemic, promotive and curative services had been
maximized, while preventive and rehabilitative services still not maximized. During the
beginning of the pandemic, almost all services stopped. During the new normal
adaptation period, all services have increased again compared to the initial period of
the pandemic.
Keywords: Dental and Oral Health Services, COVID-19 Pandemic , Promotive
Services, Preventive Services, Curative Services, Rehabilitative Services

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616.31 Her I

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FKG UNPAD JATINANGOR : FKG Unpad., 2022

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English

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160110180027

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616.31

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