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

• 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

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.