Trends in dental insurance claims in the United States before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in 2020.

Gerardo MaupomeAllison C ScullyJuan F YepesGeorge J EckertTimothy Downey

Published in: Journal of public health dentistry (2022)

Week-by-week, detailed descriptions of demand/availability changes in dental care throughout the first year of the 2020 SARS-CoV-2 pandemic were obtained through contrasting perspectives in 2019. Provision of dental care and associated impacts fluctuated over time subject to treatment urgency, but also modified as the weeks/months of dental office lockdowns ebbed in and out of the dental market.

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