id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-337904-q90ftaht Shah, Sagar How did COVID-19 impact on dental antibiotic prescribing across England? 2020-11-13 .txt text/plain 2530 148 44 5 A report by the UK Parliament's House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on NHS services states: 'patients have been remotely prescribed with antibiotics for their dental problems but have returned with pain or further swelling as the cause of their dental problem has not been properly addressed…this is contributing to an "overhang of oral healthcare"' . The objectives of this study were twofold: to describe trends in overall dental antibiotic use across England between January 2018 and July 2020; and to compare trends in the rate of use between the seven NHS England regions, from when restrictions were first placed on face-toface dental care to the most up-to-date data available (April 2020 to July 2020). During the period of increased dental restrictions owing to COVID-19 (25 March-8 June 2020), all patients in England requiring urgent dental care were treated within the NHS. ./cache/cord-337904-q90ftaht.txt ./txt/cord-337904-q90ftaht.txt