COVID-19 pandemic: multilevel dental technical guidelines based on new scientific evidence
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic imposed restrictive measures on dentistry in different regions of the world, ranging from stoppage of care to only permission for urgent and emergency dental services. Thus, new biosafety guidelines for resuming activities, whether in single dental offices, large clini...
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| author | Sérgio Araújo Andrade Raissa Emanuelle Lima Fernando de Pilla Varotti Omar Abdelwahab Bashir Abdulgader Lwaleed |
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| description | ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic imposed restrictive measures on dentistry in different regions of the world, ranging from stoppage of care to only permission for urgent and emergency dental services. Thus, new biosafety guidelines for resuming activities, whether in single dental offices, large clinics or dental education activities, are urgently required. In this sense, herein, guidelines that incorporate common points of the main protocols found in the literature for the resumption of dental activities at their different levels, whether in the scope of care or education, are presented. Furthermore, we present the incorporation of measures that allow an increase in the level of biosafety, such as the control of the dental team, the inclusion in the history of conjunctivitis as a possible alert for COVID-19, and the use of the pulse oximeter to assess the risk of silent hypoxemia, which may indicate a complication of COVID-19. In addition, new perspectives for directing research and innovation for biosafety in dentistry are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6542fa0457c4655b4306058d8be73832022-12-21T23:40:36ZengInstituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert EinsteinEinstein (São Paulo)2317-63852022-03-012010.31744/einstein_journal/2022ae6307COVID-19 pandemic: multilevel dental technical guidelines based on new scientific evidenceSérgio Araújo Andradehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1817-3025Raissa Emanuelle Limahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2554-5894Fernando de Pilla Varottihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2939-7780Omar Abdelwahabhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5126-7616Bashir Abdulgader Lwaleedhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5748-4892ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic imposed restrictive measures on dentistry in different regions of the world, ranging from stoppage of care to only permission for urgent and emergency dental services. Thus, new biosafety guidelines for resuming activities, whether in single dental offices, large clinics or dental education activities, are urgently required. In this sense, herein, guidelines that incorporate common points of the main protocols found in the literature for the resumption of dental activities at their different levels, whether in the scope of care or education, are presented. Furthermore, we present the incorporation of measures that allow an increase in the level of biosafety, such as the control of the dental team, the inclusion in the history of conjunctivitis as a possible alert for COVID-19, and the use of the pulse oximeter to assess the risk of silent hypoxemia, which may indicate a complication of COVID-19. In addition, new perspectives for directing research and innovation for biosafety in dentistry are discussed.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082022000100901&tlng=enCoronavirus infectionsCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2PandemicsBetacoronavirusGuidelineDentistryDental careContainment of biohazardsTelescreening, medicalPersonal protective equipment |
| spellingShingle | Sérgio Araújo Andrade Raissa Emanuelle Lima Fernando de Pilla Varotti Omar Abdelwahab Bashir Abdulgader Lwaleed COVID-19 pandemic: multilevel dental technical guidelines based on new scientific evidence Einstein (São Paulo) Coronavirus infections COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Pandemics Betacoronavirus Guideline Dentistry Dental care Containment of biohazards Telescreening, medical Personal protective equipment |
| title | COVID-19 pandemic: multilevel dental technical guidelines based on new scientific evidence |
| title_full | COVID-19 pandemic: multilevel dental technical guidelines based on new scientific evidence |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 pandemic: multilevel dental technical guidelines based on new scientific evidence |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 pandemic: multilevel dental technical guidelines based on new scientific evidence |
| title_short | COVID-19 pandemic: multilevel dental technical guidelines based on new scientific evidence |
| title_sort | covid 19 pandemic multilevel dental technical guidelines based on new scientific evidence |
| topic | Coronavirus infections COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Pandemics Betacoronavirus Guideline Dentistry Dental care Containment of biohazards Telescreening, medical Personal protective equipment |
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