Dentistry during the COVID-19 Epidemic: An Italian Workflow for the Management of Dental Practice.
COVID-19
dental management
dental procedure
dentistry
epidemic
infection control
prevention
preventive measures
workflow
Journal
International journal of environmental research and public health
ISSN: 1660-4601
Titre abrégé: Int J Environ Res Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101238455
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 05 2020
11 05 2020
Historique:
received:
23
04
2020
revised:
05
05
2020
accepted:
08
05
2020
entrez:
15
5
2020
pubmed:
15
5
2020
medline:
20
5
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The COVID-19 outbreak has raised concerns about infection control all over the world. Among health workers, dentists are particularly exposed to the COVID-19 infection risk. The aim of this paper is to present a workflow to manage dental procedures already in use at the Dental Unit of the University Hospital of Messina. The proposed workflow accounts for the many aspects of dental practitioners' risk in the COVID-19 era, and focuses on the assessment of patient risk level, a two-phase dental procedure management (remote and face-to-face), and the use of specific preventive measures. No cases of COVID-19 infection were detected among patients and staff of the dental unit in a two-month period of time while using this protocol. This workflow seems a promising and effective solution to manage dental procedures during the COVID-19 outbreak, and could be implemented in both public and private practices until the emergency is contained.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32403248
pii: ijerph17093325
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17093325
pmc: PMC7246688
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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