Dental Practice Closure During the First Wave of COVID-19 and Associated Professional, Practice, and Structural Determinants: a Multi-Country Survey

This research article published in BMC Oral Health assesses the extent of dental practice closure as reported by dentists from different countries during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also assesses whether closures differed between private and non-private sectors. Participating dentists reported practice closure was higher in the private sector than non-private sector. Greater pandemic-related fears, dentists in academia, and the relatively fewer number of hospital beds at the country-level also resulted in higher practice closures.