Guidelines for dental care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic
Since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Several dental care facilities in affected countries have been completely closed or have been only providing minimal treatment for emergency cases. However, several facilities in some affected countries...
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| description | Since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Several dental care facilities in affected countries have been completely closed or have been only providing minimal treatment for emergency cases. However, several facilities in some affected countries are still providing regular dental treatment. This can in part be a result of the lack of universal protocol or guidelines regulating the dental care provision during such a pandemic. This lack of guidelines can on one hand increase the nosocomial COVID-19 spread through dental health care facilities, and on the other hand deprive patients’ in need of the required urgent dental care. Moreover, ceasing dental care provision during such a period will incense the burden on hospitals emergency departments already struggle with the pandemic.This work aimed to develop guidelines for dental patients’ management during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.Guidelines for dental care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic were developed after considering the nature of COVID-19 pandemic, and were based on grouping the patients according to condition and need, and considering the procedures according to risk and benefit.It is hoped that the guidelines proposed in this work will help in the management of dental care around the world during and after this COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-022ff965b31748a9b7a17b932ef3c4e12022-12-22T00:30:04ZengElsevierSaudi Dental Journal1013-90522020-05-01324181186Guidelines for dental care provision during the COVID-19 pandemicAli Alharbi0Saad Alharbi1Shahad Alqaidi2Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Dental Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author at: Department of Prosthodontics, Dental Centre (Building 13), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh 12233, Saudi Arabia.Riyadh Elm University, College of Dentistry, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaRiyadh Elm University, College of Dentistry, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaSince the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Several dental care facilities in affected countries have been completely closed or have been only providing minimal treatment for emergency cases. However, several facilities in some affected countries are still providing regular dental treatment. This can in part be a result of the lack of universal protocol or guidelines regulating the dental care provision during such a pandemic. This lack of guidelines can on one hand increase the nosocomial COVID-19 spread through dental health care facilities, and on the other hand deprive patients’ in need of the required urgent dental care. Moreover, ceasing dental care provision during such a period will incense the burden on hospitals emergency departments already struggle with the pandemic.This work aimed to develop guidelines for dental patients’ management during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.Guidelines for dental care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic were developed after considering the nature of COVID-19 pandemic, and were based on grouping the patients according to condition and need, and considering the procedures according to risk and benefit.It is hoped that the guidelines proposed in this work will help in the management of dental care around the world during and after this COVID-19 pandemic.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1013905220303266CoronavirusSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Dental CareGuideline DevelopmentPandemic |
| spellingShingle | Ali Alharbi Saad Alharbi Shahad Alqaidi Guidelines for dental care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic Saudi Dental Journal Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Dental Care Guideline Development Pandemic |
| title | Guidelines for dental care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Guidelines for dental care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Guidelines for dental care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Guidelines for dental care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Guidelines for dental care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | guidelines for dental care provision during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Dental Care Guideline Development Pandemic |
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