Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Health Strategy for Dental and Oral Medicine

Abstract

Adv Dent & Oral Health 13(2): ADOH.MS.ID.555857 (2020) 009 Abstract Covid-19 is an infectious viral pathology caused by the seventh strain of coronaviruses called SARS-COV-2. (Severe acute respiratory syndrome). It has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization with a high mortality rate of up to 8%. It has symptoms comparable to those of seasonal flu, although it is more contagious than this last. Human-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2 mainly occurs through the respiratory tract by the inhalation of infectious droplets or aerosols emitted by an infected person or through hand-carrying. Taking this into account and given the nature of aerosolizing dental care in the majority of cases, dental surgeons are among the health professionals most exposed to COVID-19. This requires very rigorous protection measures, from the closure of the office and the remote management of oral emergencies, to the implementation of very strict protocol for the individual protection of all medical staff of the dental clinic. All of this is in the aim of keeping the role of the dental office as a care provider, and not a source of disease transmission.