COVID-19 pandemic: multilevel dental technical guidelines based on new scientific evidence
Einstein (Säo Paulo)
; 20: eAE6307, 2022. tab
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ABSTRACT
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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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Guideline
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Einstein (Säo Paulo)
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
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United kingdom
Country of publication:
Brazil