Originalartikel | erschienen - Druck | peer reviewed | Open Access
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies among dental teams in Germany
Clinical Oral Investigations
2022 / May
;
26(5):
3965 - 3974
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00784-021-04363-z
Authors
Mksoud M*1,2, Ittermann T1, Holtfreter B3, Söhnel A4, Söhnel C2, Welk A3, Ulm L5, Becker K5, Hübner N6, Rau A2, Kindler S2, Kocher T3
Affiliations
1 - Institut für Community Medicine / Abt. SHIP KEF
2 - Zentrum für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde / Klinik und Poliklinik für Mund-Kiefer-Gesichtschirurgie/Plastische Operationen
3 - Zentrum für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde / Poliklinik für Zahnerhaltung,Parodontologie, Endodontologie; Präventive Zahnmedizin und Kinderzahnheilkunde
4 - Zentrum für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde / Poliklinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik, Alterszahnheilkunde und Medizinische Werkstoffkunde
5 - Friedrich Loeffler Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie
6 - Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin
Abstract
Objectives: During the corona pandemic, dental practices temporarily closed their doors to patients except for emergency treatments. Due to the daily occupational exposure, the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission among dentists and their team is presumed to be higher than that in the general population. This study examined this issue among dental teams across Germany.
Materials and methods: In total, 2784 participants provided usable questionnaires and dry blood samples. Dry blood samples were used to detect IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. The questionnaires were analyzed to investigate demographic data and working conditions during the pandemic. Multivariable logistic mixed-effects models were applied.
Results: We observed 146 participants with positive SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies (5.2%) and 30 subjects with a borderline finding (1.1%). Seventy-four out of the 146 participants with SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies did not report a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test (50.7%), while 27 participants without SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies reported a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test (1.1%). Combining the laboratory and self-reported information, the number of participants with a SARS-CoV-2 infection was 179 (6.5%). Though after adjustment for region, mixed-effects models indicated associations of use of rubber dams (OR 1.65; 95% CI: 1.01-2.72) and the number of protective measures (OR 1.16; 95% CI: 1.01-1.34) with increased risk for positive SARS-CoV-2 status, none of those variables was significantly associated with a SARS-CoV-2 status in fully adjusted models.
Conclusions: The risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission was not higher among the dental team compared to the general population.
Published in
Clinical Oral Investigations
Year | 2022 |
Month/Hj | May |
Impact Factor (2022) | |
Volume | 26 |
Issue | 5 |
Pages | 3965 - 3974 |
Open Access | ja |
Peer reviewed | ja |
Article type | Originalartikel |
Article state | erschienen - Druck |
DOI | 10.1007/s00784-021-04363-z |
PubMed-ID | 35015149 |
Common journal data
Short name: CLIN ORAL INVEST
ISSN: 1432-6981
eISSN: 1436-3771
Country: GERMANY (FED REP GER)
Language: English
Categories:
Impact factor trend
ISSN: 1432-6981
eISSN: 1436-3771
Country: GERMANY (FED REP GER)
Language: English
Categories:
- DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE
Impact factor trend
Year | Impact Factor |
---|---|
2008 | 1.953 |
2009 | 2.233 |
2010 | 2.25 |
2011 | 2.364 |
2012 | 2.2 |
2013 | 2.285 |
2014 | 2.352 |
2015 | 2.207 |
2016 | 2.308 |
2017 | 2.386 |
2018 | 2.453 |
2019 | 2.812 |
2020 | 3.573 |
2021 | 3.606 |
Key field of research at the University
Departments
Community Medicine
Projects
Vorkommen von SARS-CoV-2 Antikörpern bei Zahnärzten (ZOVID)