April 14, 2021 A new study from Japan published in the
Journal of Dental Research looked at the effects of pandemic-related psychological distress on oral health-related behaviors. Worsened socioeconomic conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a decrease in dental health, researchers found.
The group looked at data from the Japan COVID-19 and Society Internet Survey, which was conducted in August and September 2020. The aim was to understand how household income reduction, work reduction, and job loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic coincided with dental pain. The present study investigated the association between worsened socioeconomic conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and dental pain in Japan, wrote the study authors, led by Dr. Yusuke Matsuyama, PhD, an assistant professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (