Recommendations for a safety dental care management during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

As the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is transmitted mainly through droplets, sneezes and aerosols, there is a high risk of transmission during dental procedures. This report describes measures that can be adopted by oral healthcare personnel to minimize the risk of cro...

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Published in:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Main Authors: Paulo Ricardo Martins-Filho, Vanessa Tavares de Gois-Santos, Carolina Santos Souza Tavares, Elisama Gomes Magalhães de Melo, Edmundo Marques do Nascimento-Júnior, Victor Santana Santos
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Spanish
Portuguese
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2020
Subjects:
coronavirus infection
virus diseases
pneumonia
viral
pandemics
dental care
sars virus
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2020.51
https://doaj.org/article/0a42c603532f40dc99736b12cade81d5
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Summary:As the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is transmitted mainly through droplets, sneezes and aerosols, there is a high risk of transmission during dental procedures. This report describes measures that can be adopted by oral healthcare personnel to minimize the risk of cross-contamination in clinical practice during the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

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