Precautions Prior to the Treatment in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Reopening Period during COVID-19 Pandemic

Oral and maxillofacial surgery is correlated with a high risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARSCoV-2) transmission. To assist our colleagues under physical and psychological burden by using the current literature data and considering the recommendations of the Ministry of Heal...

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Main Authors: Özge DOĞANAY, Doğan DOLANMAZ
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Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2021-02-01
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Online Access: http://bezmialemscience.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/precautions-prior-to-the-treatment-in-oral-and-max/43947
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description Oral and maxillofacial surgery is correlated with a high risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARSCoV-2) transmission. To assist our colleagues under physical and psychological burden by using the current literature data and considering the recommendations of the Ministry of Health Science board decisions, -The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Dental Association and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this literature review has been prepared in order to organize elective surgeries. Interventions should be planned after evaluating both the logistic conditions of the institution and the situation during the pandemic before performing elective surgery. In order to save resources and to avoid unnecessary exposure to infected patients, there is the need to schedule interventions depending on their priority. In general, Emergency procedures do not allow any delay. In elective surgeries, risk assessments of both the patient and the surgical procedure is left to the surgeon. Inpatient and outpatient units have to be organized in such a way that the risk of cross-infection among patients is reduced to a minimum. Active Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) patients should be treated in the operating room with negative pressure, and aerosol formation must be reduced to a minimum. During reopening period, treatments may be applied in cases where appropriate conditions are provided and recommendations for patient and physician safety are taken.
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spelling doaj.art-c5054089fb234c8d9b7012a2f95aff452023-02-15T16:14:51ZengGalenos Publishing HouseBezmiâlem Science2148-23732148-23732021-02-0191849010.14235/bas.galenos.2020.471113049054Precautions Prior to the Treatment in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Reopening Period during COVID-19 PandemicÖzge DOĞANAY0Doğan DOLANMAZ1 Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, İstanbul, Turkey Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, İstanbul, Turkey Oral and maxillofacial surgery is correlated with a high risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARSCoV-2) transmission. To assist our colleagues under physical and psychological burden by using the current literature data and considering the recommendations of the Ministry of Health Science board decisions, -The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Dental Association and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this literature review has been prepared in order to organize elective surgeries. Interventions should be planned after evaluating both the logistic conditions of the institution and the situation during the pandemic before performing elective surgery. In order to save resources and to avoid unnecessary exposure to infected patients, there is the need to schedule interventions depending on their priority. In general, Emergency procedures do not allow any delay. In elective surgeries, risk assessments of both the patient and the surgical procedure is left to the surgeon. Inpatient and outpatient units have to be organized in such a way that the risk of cross-infection among patients is reduced to a minimum. Active Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) patients should be treated in the operating room with negative pressure, and aerosol formation must be reduced to a minimum. During reopening period, treatments may be applied in cases where appropriate conditions are provided and recommendations for patient and physician safety are taken. http://bezmialemscience.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/precautions-prior-to-the-treatment-in-oral-and-max/43947 covid-19 pandemicoral and maxillofacial surgerypersonal protective equipmentreopeningelective treatmentsprotective measures
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Precautions Prior to the Treatment in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Reopening Period during COVID-19 Pandemic
Bezmiâlem Science
covid-19 pandemic
oral and maxillofacial surgery
personal protective equipment
reopening
elective treatments
protective measures
title Precautions Prior to the Treatment in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Reopening Period during COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full Precautions Prior to the Treatment in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Reopening Period during COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Precautions Prior to the Treatment in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Reopening Period during COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Precautions Prior to the Treatment in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Reopening Period during COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short Precautions Prior to the Treatment in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Reopening Period during COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort precautions prior to the treatment in oral and maxillofacial surgery in the reopening period during covid 19 pandemic
topic covid-19 pandemic
oral and maxillofacial surgery
personal protective equipment
reopening
elective treatments
protective measures
url http://bezmialemscience.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/precautions-prior-to-the-treatment-in-oral-and-max/43947
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