A Novel Mobile App Intervention to Reduce Dental Anxiety in Infant Patients.

Anxiety and fear are feelings routinely associated with the dental experience, especially in childhood and adolescence. These have been prominent in the world for many years and are currently considered a public health issue. Since the young population is an assiduous user of virtual inputs, it was sought to develop a mobile application (app) with the function of reducing the levels of dental anxiety in children before dental treatment and evaluate its effectiveness.

Brazilian Primary and Secondary Public Oral Health Attention: Are Dentists Ready to Face the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Objective: To investigate knowledge and practice of Brazilian public primary and secondary health care dentists during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Methods: An online questionnaire with sociodemographic and COVID-19 knowledge questions was used.

Results: A total of 4048 dentists working in the Brazilian public primary and secondary health care system were investigated; 4024 (99.