COVID-19: Present and Future Challenges for Dental Practice

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Najla Dar Odeh¹  Hamzah Babkair¹  Sary Borzangy¹  Osama Abu-Hammad¹  Shaden Abu-Hammad²  Abdalla Abu-Hammad³ 

[1] College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawara 43353, Saudi Arabia;School of Dentistry, University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan;School of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan;

关键词: COVID-19;    dentistry;    oral;    manifestations;    saliva;    aerosol;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph17093151

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, with a high fatality rate that may reach 8%. The disease is caused by SARS‐CoV‐2 which is one of the coronaviruses. Realizing the severity of outcomes associated with this disease and its high rate of transmission, dentists were instructed by regulatory authorities, such as the American Dental Association, to stop providing treatment to dental patients except those who have emergency complaints. This was mainly for protection of dental healthcare personnel, their families, contacts, and their patients from the transmission of virus, and also to preserve the much-needed supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE). Dentists at all times should competently follow cross-infection control protocols, but particularly during this critical time, they should do their best to decide on the emergency cases that are indicated for dental treatment. Dentists should also be updated on how this pandemic is related to their profession in order to be well oriented and prepared. This overview will address several issues concerned with the COVID-19 pandemic that directly relate to dental practice in terms of prevention, treatment, and orofacial clinical manifestations.

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