Reopening of dental clinics during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic : an evidence-based review of literature for clinical interventions

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BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes serious acute respiratory diseases including pneumonia and bronchitis with approximately 2.3% fatality occurrence.

MAIN BODY: This study argues the main concepts that need to be considered for the gradual reopening of dental offices include treatment planning approaches, fundamental elements needed to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 virus in dental healthcare settings, personal protection equipment (PPE) for dental health care providers, environmental measures, adjunctive measures, and rapid point of care tests in dental offices.

CONCLUSION: This article seeks to provide an overview of existing scientific evidence to suggest a guideline for reopening dental offices.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Maxillofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery - 42(2020), 1 vom: 05. Dez., Seite 25

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Keyhan, Seied Omid [VerfasserIn]
Fallahi, Hamid Reza [VerfasserIn]
Motamedi, Amin [VerfasserIn]
Khoshkam, Vahid [VerfasserIn]
Mehryar, Paymon [VerfasserIn]
Moghaddas, Omid [VerfasserIn]
Cheshmi, Behzad [VerfasserIn]
Firoozi, Parsa [VerfasserIn]
Yousefi, Parisa [VerfasserIn]
Houshmand, Behzad [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Dental clinics
Dentistry
Journal Article
Review
SARS-CoV-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 16.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s40902-020-00268-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313681910