Experience of patients diagnosed as asymptomatic COVID-19 after dental treatment / 대한악안면성형재건외과학회지
Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
; : 30-2021.
Artículo
en Inglés
| WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental)
| ID: wpr-918466
Biblioteca responsable:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
Background@#The potential risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission from asymptomatic COVID-19 patients is a concern in dental practice. However, the impact of this risk is not well documented to date. This report describes our dental clinical experience with patients who did not exhibit symptoms of COVID-19 but were later confirmed as positive for COVID-19.Case presentation Of the 149,149 patients who visited the outpatient clinic of KNUDH and the 3291 patients who visited the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic of KNUH, 3 were later confirmed as having COVID-1 between 1 February 2020 and 28 February 2021. Owing to close contact with these patients during their treatments, 46 dental and medical staff had to undergo quarantine from the date of the patients’ confirmation of COVID-19 infection. @*Conclusion@#The presented cases showed the potential existence of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients after dental treatment with aerosol-generating procedures. Clinicians should be aware of the infection prevention measures and try to protect healthcare personnel from secondary infection of COVID-19 during dental treatments.
Texto completo:
Disponible
Contexto en salud:
Agenda de Salud Sostenible para las Américas
Problema de salud:
Objetivo 3: Recursos humanos para la salud
Base de datos:
WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental)
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Artículo