CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH ODONTOGENIC INFECTION AT dr. HASAN SADIKIN GENERAL HOSPITAL DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

ABSTRACT   Introduction : Odontogenic infection is one of the most common infections in the oral cavity. Odontogenic infections will spread through three stages; dentoalveolar stage, spatial stage, and a further stage which is the complication stage. There was a tendency to delay dental treatment due to suppress the number of COVID-19 infection, therefore it was interesting to study the characteristic of patients suffering odontogenic infections in the Oral Surgery Department of dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods : The sample in this study were patients diagnosed with odontogenic infection at the Inpatient Installation of dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020 – August 2021, 66 patients met the inclusion criteria. This research was conducted using total sampling. This research is a retrospective descriptive study using medical records of patients diagnosed with odontogenic infections. Results: Based on the age, most of the odontogenic infection patients were over 48 years old, with 29 people. Based on the gender criteria, most of them were male, with a total of 45 people. Based on the occupation criteria, most of them were entrepreneur, with a total of 21 people. Based on the education criteria, most of them were at the senior high school level, with 41 people. Based on the ethnicity, most of them were Sundanese, with a total of 65 people. Based on the marital status criteria, most of them were married, with 58 people. Based on the spatial involvement mostly with 3 spatial involvement with 24 people. Based on the length of stay criteria, most of them stayed for 1-2 days with a total of 19 people. Particularly based on the COVID-19 status, most of them were COVID-19 negative about 61 people.