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Table 2 Dental practitioners’ perception on patients’ accessibility to dental care

From: Perceptions and attitudes of dental practitioners towards impacts of Covid 19 pandemic on clinical dentistry: a cross-sectional study

 

Strongly agree

Somewhat agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Somewhat disagree

Strongly disagree

I am concerned that patients will decide to defer dental treatments because of fear of being infected by COVID-19 (n = 206)

80 (38.8)

76 (36.9)

23 (11.2)

20 (9.7)

7 (3.4)

I am concerned about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Australian public’s ability to access oral healthcare (i.e., dental restrictions, limited bookings per day due to longer appointment for stricter infection control procedures) (n = 206)

80 (38.8)

85 (41.3)

26 (12.6)

11 (5.3)

4 (1.9)

I am concerned about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients’ ability to fund their dental care (n = 206)

57 (27.7)

77 (37.4)

40 (19.4)

24 (11.7)

8 (3.9)