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Clinical Periodontal Outcomes and COVID-19

2024· other· en· W6980596888 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueBrock University Digital Repository (Brock University) · 2024
Typeother
Languageen
FieldSocial Sciences
TopicCommunity and Sustainable Development
Canadian institutionsBrock University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsPeriodontal diseasePeriodontitisClinical trialPandemicDental care
DOInot available

Abstract

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This thesis research investigated the impact of delays in periodontal maintenance appointments
\nduring the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical periodontal outcomes (PD, BOP, PI) in a sample size
\nof 350 patients who either received (n=260) or had never received (n=90) sanative therapy. A
\nhierarchical multiple regression including 3 models was used to evaluate the effect of various
\npredictors on post-pandemic clinical outcomes in both groups for a total of 6 regression analyses.
\nThe predictors of interest were a disruption due to COVID-19 (Model 1, 2, and 3), length of
\ndelay (Model 2 and 3), pre-COVID-19 clinical measures (Model 2 and 3), sex (Model 3), and
\nsmoking status (Model 3). The findings showed that a delay in appointment – regardless of
\nduration – predicted a worsened PD in patients who have received ST (Model 1). Moreover, a
\nlonger delay and poorer pre-COVID-19 clinical measures predicted a worsening of all outcomes
\nin patients who have received ST (Model 2). These factors also predicted a greater PI in
\nindividuals who have never received ST (Model 2). Smoking status and sex in combination
\ninfluenced all outcomes for patients who have received ST, wherein current smokers and female
\nsex were linked to a worsening of PD (Model 3). PI was the only clinical outcome significantly
\naffected by smoking status and sex in patients who have never received ST (Model 3). Results of
\nthis study suggest that patients who have received sanative therapy to treat periodontal disease
\nare more clinically fragile than patients who have never received sanative therapy. Practically, these findings extend beyond the pandemic, offering insights into patient care strategies for
\nmanaging disruptions in periodontal maintenance.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: Not applicable
GenreCandidate signal: Other · Consensus signal: Other
Teacher disagreement score0.106
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0000.001
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.024
GPT teacher head0.271
Teacher spread0.248 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it