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Periodontal pockets: A potential reservoir for SARS-CoV-2?
Badran, Zahi; Gaudin, Alexis; Struillou, Xavier; Amador, Gilles; Soueidan, Assem.
  • Badran Z; Department of Periodontology (Rmes U1229, UIC 11), Faculty of Dental Surgery, University of Nantes (CHU de Nantes), Nantes, France; Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
  • Gaudin A; Department of Endodontics (Rmes U1229, UIC 11), Faculty of Dental Surgery, University of Nantes (CHU de Nantes), Nantes, France.
  • Struillou X; Department of Periodontology (Rmes U1229, UIC 11), Faculty of Dental Surgery, University of Nantes (CHU de Nantes), Nantes, France.
  • Amador G; Department of Dental Public Health (UPRES EA 3826, UIC 11), Faculty of Dental Surgery, University of Nantes (CHU de Nantes), Nantes, France.
  • Soueidan A; Department of Periodontology (Rmes U1229, UIC 11), Faculty of Dental Surgery, University of Nantes (CHU de Nantes), Nantes, France. Electronic address: assem.soueidan@univ-nantes.fr.
Med Hypotheses ; 143: 109907, 2020 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-437394
ABSTRACT
Periodontal pockets are the major clinical manifestation of Periodontitis, a chronic inflammatory oral disease affecting the teeth-supporting tissues and has high prevalence in the adult population. Periodontal pockets are ideal environments for subgingival bacterial biofilms, that interact with the supragingival oral cavity, mucosal tissues of the pocket and a peripheral circulatory system. Periodontal pockets have been found to harbor viral species such as the Herpes simplex viruses' family. Recently, the SARS-CoV-2 has gained major interest of the scientific/medical community as it caused a global pandemic (Covid-19) and paralyzed the globe with high figures of infected people worldwide. This virus behavior is still partially understood, and by analyzing some of its features we hypothesized that periodontal pocket could be a favorable anatomical niche for the virus and thus acting as a reservoir for SARS-CoV-2.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Periodontal Pocket / Pneumonia, Viral / Disease Reservoirs / Coronavirus Infections / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Diagnostic study / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Med Hypotheses Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.mehy.2020.109907

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Periodontal Pocket / Pneumonia, Viral / Disease Reservoirs / Coronavirus Infections / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Diagnostic study / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Med Hypotheses Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.mehy.2020.109907