COVID-19 in Dental Settings: Novel Risk Assessment Approach

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Denis Dobrokhotov¹  Alevtina Leonova²  Elena Belova²  Nadezhda Zabroda²  Oleg Mitrokhin²  Margarita Timofeeva³  Yuriy Vasil’ev⁴  Lyudmila Severova⁵  Ali Alsaegh⁶ 

[1] Department of Chemistry, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Trubetskaya St. bldg. 8\2, 119435 Moscow, Russia;Department of General Hygiene, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Trubetskaya St. bldg. 8\2, 119435 Moscow, Russia;Department of Medical Law, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Trubetskaya St. bldg. 8\2, 119435 Moscow, Russia;Department of Operative Surgery and Topographic Anatomy, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Trubetskaya St. bldg. 8\2, 119435 Moscow, Russia;Department of Phthisiopulmonology and Thoracic Surgery named after M.I. Perelman, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Trubetskaya St. bldg. 8\2, 119435 Moscow, Russia;Institute of Dentistry Named after E.V. Borovsky, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Trubetskaya St. bldg. 8\2, 119435 Moscow, Russia;

关键词: COVID-19;    SARS-CoV-2;    risk assessment;    dental care;    oral health;    dentistry;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph18116093

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, and this emergency led to postponing elective dental care procedures. The postponing aimed to protect the public from an unknown risk caused by COVID-19. At the beginning of the outbreak, for public health authorities, the aerosol-generating procedures and the close proximity between dental care workers and patients in dentistry represented sufficient justification for the delay of dental visits. Dental care is a priority, and for many years, studies have proven that the lack and delay of dental care can cause severe consequences for the oral health of the general population, which can cause a high global burden of oral diseases. Safety is necessary while resuming dental activities, and risk assessment is an efficient method for understanding and preventing the COVID-19 infectious threats facing the dental industry and affecting dental care workers and patients. In this study, for safe dental care delivery, we adapted risk assessment criteria and an approach and an occupational classification system. Based on those tools, we also recommend measures that can help to minimize infectious risk in dental settings.

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