Table 2 Description of the 17 categories obtained after the authors reviewed the title, abstract and excerpt. The count and frequency of articles per category are shown.
Category | n articles | Frequency % |
|---|---|---|
Biosafety in dental practice | 186 | 17.4 |
Dental practice during the pandemic | 182 | 17.0 |
Psychological implications for dentists/patients | 137 | 12.8 |
Dental education during the pandemic | 134 | 12.5 |
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices against COVID-19 | 95 | 8.9 |
Dental treatments during the pandemic | 88 | 8.2 |
Risk of COVID-19 transmission in dental practice | 53 | 5.0 |
Economic implications of the pandemic on dental practice | 36 | 3.4 |
Modifications in oral hygiene during the pandemic | 32 | 3.0 |
Vaccination | 23 | 2.2 |
COVID-19 detection in saliva | 22 | 2.1 |
Mouth as a source of aerosols | 20 | 1.9 |
Oral manifestations in patients with COVID-19 | 21 | 2.0 |
Oral diseases and risk of COVID-19 | 13 | 1.2 |
Oral microbiome in COVID-19 infection | 8 | 0.7 |
Legal matters | 4 | 0.4 |
Other | 6 | 0.6 |
Total | 1068 |
