Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Oral Health Procedures Provided by the Brazilian Public Health System: COVID-19 and Oral Health in Brazil

This original research published in Health Policy and Technology describes a study that aimed to assess the number of dental procedures performed in the Brazilian public health system during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dental procedures decreased from 47 million in the first semester of 2019 to 15 million in 2020; approximately a 66% decrease. The paper concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic also reduced by half the number of oral health procedures provided in almost all Brazilian states, regardless of the incidence of COVID-19 in those states.