Optimizing Safe Dental Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations Based on a Guide Developed for Dental Practices in China

The current global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak is still exerting severe global implications, and its development in various regions is complex and variable. The high risk of cross-infection poses a great challenge to the dental practice environment; it is therefore urgent to develop...

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Published inFrontiers in medicine Vol. 8; p. 619357
Main Authors Li, Li, Zeng, Mianyan, Chen, Xiao, Cai, Shuman, Xu, Cuixia, Xia, Wei, Jiang, Lijun, Zou, Xiaoyan, Chen, Pei, Rong, Mingdeng
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 26.05.2021
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COVID-19
dental clinics
infection control
Medicine
prevention
public health
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
disinfection
infection control
prevention
public health
dental clinics
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Summary:The current global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak is still exerting severe global implications, and its development in various regions is complex and variable. The high risk of cross-infection poses a great challenge to the dental practice environment; it is therefore urgent to develop a set of pandemic prevention measures to ensure dental practice safety during the COVID-19 outbreak. Therefore, we combined the epidemiological characteristics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), public emergency measures for COVID-19, characteristics of dental practice, and relevant literature reports to develop a set of dynamic practice measures for dental practices in high-, medium-, and low-risk areas affected by COVID-19. This will help dental practices to achieve standard prevention and ensure their safe and smooth operation during the pandemic. It is hoped that these measures will provide a reference basis for dental hospitals and dental clinics in their care and pandemic prevention work.
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This article was submitted to Infectious Diseases - Surveillance, Prevention and Treatment, a section of the journal Frontiers in Medicine
Edited by: Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa
These authors share first authorship
Reviewed by: Dongchi Zhao, Wuhan University, China; Shenuka Singh, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
ISSN:2296-858X
2296-858X
DOI:10.3389/fmed.2021.619357