Odontología en entorno COVID-19. Adaptación de las Unidades de Salud Bucodental en los centros de salud de la Comunidad de Madrid.

The COVID-19 respiratory manifestations go from mild symptoms similar to those of a common cold to severe pneumonia with respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock and multiorgan failure. The disease is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, whose transmission mechanism most relevant to dentistry is through respiratory droplets and possibly also aerosols, as well as direct contact with mucous membranes of the nose, mouth or eye via contaminated hands or objects. The professionals of the dental health units have a high risk exposure since they work at short distances (less than 1 m from the head of the patient) in the oral cavity, where a maximal expression of possible cell receptors for the virus has been reported. Also, most procedures in the dental cabinet imply aerosol generation. Cross-infection is possible during dental care, not only with diagnosed COVID-19-positive patients but also with patients who remain undetected due to asymptomatic or presymptomatic disease. For all these reasons, dental care in the primary health setting has had to change in order to adapt to the pandemic. The changes affect both the appointment scheduling and the care itself and imply the establishment of general and specific barrier protections as well as measures related to ventilation, cleaning, disinfection and sterilization, reinforced with additional infection prevention and control measures. This article summarizes the available scientific evidence about this adaptation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:94

Enthalten in:

Revista espanola de salud publica - 94(2020) vom: 12. Nov.

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Dentistry in the COVID-19 environment. Adaptation of the dental health units in Madrid’s public primary health centres

Beteiligte Personen:

Mateos Moreno, María Victoria [VerfasserIn]
Lenguas Silva, Ana Leticia [VerfasserIn]
Pastor Ramos, Victoria [VerfasserIn]
García Ávila, Irene [VerfasserIn]
García Vázquez, María Trinidad [VerfasserIn]
García Vicent, Germán [VerfasserIn]
Lamas Oliveira, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez Alonso, Elías [VerfasserIn]
Tapias Perero, Víctor Francisco [VerfasserIn]
Terán de Agustín, Ana Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Valdepeñas Morales, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Vivas Mefle, Carlos Alberto [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Aerosols
Dental care
Infection control
Journal Article
Personal protective equipment
Prevention
Public Health dentistry
SARS-CoV-2
Spain

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 30.11.2020

Date Revised 18.12.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317421778