Article ; Online: COVID-19: how to decrease the risk of infection in dental practice?
2020 Volume 69, Issue 5, Page(s) 324–327
Abstract: A new pandemic classified by the World Health Organization and called COVID-19, is causing widespread respiratory infections and deaths in several countries on the five continents. Although it does not have a high lethality rate, this new virus can ... ...
| Abstract | A new pandemic classified by the World Health Organization and called COVID-19, is causing widespread respiratory infections and deaths in several countries on the five continents. Although it does not have a high lethality rate, this new virus can present rates of complications and hospitalizations in the intensive care unit in up to 20% of patients, especially the elderly and those with compromised health, which can cause a collapse in the health system national public health. Dentistry is one of the most vulnerable professions due to work in the oral cavity, one of the areas with the highest concentration of the virus, therefore having an important role in controlling the disease. The objective of this work is through a review of the current literature, to establish conducts that can reduce the contamination by COVID-19 between the population and the dental team during the service in the public and private health system. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Aged ; Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology ; Dental Care ; Humans ; Infection Control ; Pandemics ; Pneumonia, Viral ; SARS-CoV-2 |
| Keywords | covid19 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-05-14 |
| Publishing country | Italy |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
| ZDB-ID | 416059-9 |
| ISSN | 1827-174X ; 0026-4970 |
| ISSN (online) | 1827-174X |
| ISSN | 0026-4970 |
| DOI | 10.23736/S0026-4970.20.04372-1 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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