Periodontal Management during COVID-19 Pandemic: Mini Review

Balkan Journal of Dental Medicine

Orhan Kaan¹  Ilhan Betül²  Bayrakdar Ibrahim Sevki³  Bayrakdar Sevda Kurt⁴  Alpay Funda Kurt⁵ 

[1] Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey;Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey;Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey;Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey;Internal Medicine Specialist, Rize State Hospital, Rize, Turkey;

关键词: covid-19;    dentistry;    periodontology;    periodontologists;    dental hygienists;   

DOI  :  10.2478/bjdm-2021-0021

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

A few cases of pneumonia were reported by Wuhan Municipal Health Commission in Wuhan, Hubei Province, Republic of China and this mysterious pneumonia was recognized as novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the course of time on 31 December 2019. Based on the literature knowledge, COVID-19 outbreak was came into existence through an animal-to-human transmission, then continued human-to-human diffusion. Especially dentists among the medical professionals are at high-risk group of SARS-CoV-2 virus contamination because of several routine dental procedures having the risk to convey the SARS-CoV-2 virus via droplets and close contact. In this mini review, it was aimed to give information about patient management during COVID-19 pandemic for dental practitioners, periodontologists and dental hygienists.

【 授权许可】

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