Using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to solve the repressed demand for primary dental care in the Brazilian Unified Health System due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a randomized controlled study protocol nested with a before-and-after study including economic analysis.
Karina Haibara NatalThais Gomes MachadoFabiana BraccoLuiz Ivan LemosMaria Eduarda ViganoGabriela Manco MachadoJhandira Daibelis Yampa-VargasDaniela Prócida RaggioFausto Medeiros MendesJosé Carlos Pettorossi ImparatoEdson Hilan Gomes LucenaYuri Wanderley CavalcantiCícero Inacio SilvaGuido Lemos Souza FilhoMary Caroline Skelton MacedoFernanda Campos Almeida CarrerMariana Minatel BragaPublished in: BMC oral health (2022)
This ongoing trial may be an essential contribution to clarify positive and negative aspects related to the use of technologies for non-face-to-face dental care for children. Trial products may bring relevant contributions to the pandemic context and the post-pandemic period. Potential benefits may be feasible to implement and preserve in the health system even in the post-pandemic period. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov registration NCT04798599 (registered March 2021).