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BACKGROUND: Corona virus disease (COVID-19) has crippled life, families and oral health care delivery in India due to nation wide lockdown AIM: Through cross-sectional design we investigated the impact of child\'s dental pain, caregiver\'s fear of SARS-CoV2 and parental distress on oral health related quality of life (OHRQOL) of preschoolers during the nationwide COVID-19 pandemic lockdown DESIGN: Preschool children self-reported their pain using pieces of hurt scale;caregiver SARS-CoV2 fear was assessed using fear of COVID-19 scale and parental distress evaluated using 4-item scale Child\'s oral health assessed using dmft index and OHRQOL evaluated using early childhood oral health impact scale Bivariate, multivariate regression analysis was conducted to identify predictors;statistical significance was set at 5% RESULTS: Sample mean age was 4 58 years, and about 69% were boys Children reporting higher pain scores (OR=1 9) due to decayed teeth and having dmft >5 (OR=4 25);followed by greater parental distress (OR=4 13) and fear of SARS-CoV2 (OR=3 84) were significantly associated with poor OHRQOL during the COVID-19 pandemic CONCLUSIONS: Greater parental distress and fear of COVID-19 among caregivers, higher self perceived dental pain among children and caries experience is associated with poor OHRQOL of preschool children during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Dental Pain, Parental SARS-Cov2 Fear and Distress on Quality of Life of 2-6-Year-Old Children During COVID-19
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