Before shutdowns, lockdowns and quarantines, 'your day had a rhythm to it,' Dr. Matthew Messina told USA TODAY. 'When that rhythm is interrupted it's easy to forget 'simple little things like oral hygiene.'
a huge spike in cracked teeth
“It’s like a perfect storm,” Dr. Michael Dickerson, an independent practice owner with Aspen Dental in Tarpon Springs, Florida, told USA TODAY. The patients he's seeing now need"a ton of work," as compared to the past, he said. But dentists said that likely doesn't explain all of the problems they're seeing. The phenomenon was widely described as a ripple effect — another example of how the pandemic has altered daily lives and led to unexpected health problems.
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