Gingival Health and Oral Hygiene Measures among Junior High School Children during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Abstract

Background: Patients undergoing dental treatment when the lockdown was the most affected due to discontinued treatment and persistent dental problems. Those who ignore oral health problems should either use home remedies or continue with the previously prescribed treatment. Patients experiencing dental problems during this partiallockdownshouldadoptanewerdentalconsultationmethod.Includingchildren, who are patients who are considered vulnerable to being invaded by Covid-19, so that children's health problems are of particular concern while at home. Aim: This is to determine the condition of gingival health and oral hygiene measures among junior high school children during the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods: Data collection was carriedoutbysearchingtheliteratureonarticlesearchsites,namelyGooglesearchand Pubmed published from 2020, the search was carried out in January 2021. The search for data was carried out systematically using the keywords Gingival health, Oral hygiene measures, Junior high school children, Covid-Pandemic 19. Result: After eliminating duplicate articles, the titles and abstracts of each article were analyzed across 78 articles resulting in an exclusion of 50 articles. The full-text articles in the remaining28articleswerere-analyzedandexcluded28articles,resultingin10articles which were then entered into the analysis. Conclusion: The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting gingival health and oral hygiene practices in children, thus having a significant impact on the number of junior high school children who need dental care.