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Periodontal Management during COVID-19 Pandemic: Mini Review

Periodontal Management during COVID-19 Pandemic: Mini Review SummaryA few cases of pneumonia were reported by Wuhan Municipal Health Commission in Wuhan, Hubei Province, Republic of China and this mysterious pneumonia was recognized as novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the course of time on 31 December 2019. Based on the literature knowledge, COVID-19 outbreak was came into existence through an animal-to-human transmission, then continued human-to-human diffusion. Especially dentists among the medical professionals are at high-risk group of SARS-CoV-2 virus contamination because of several routine dental procedures having the risk to convey the SARS-CoV-2 virus via droplets and close contact. In this mini review, it was aimed to give information about patient management during COVID-19 pandemic for dental practitioners, periodontologists and dental hygienists. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Balkan Journal of Dental Medicine de Gruyter

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de Gruyter
Copyright
© 2021 Sevda Kurt Bayrakdar et al., published by Sciendo
eISSN
2335-0245
DOI
10.2478/bjdm-2021-0021
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Abstract

SummaryA few cases of pneumonia were reported by Wuhan Municipal Health Commission in Wuhan, Hubei Province, Republic of China and this mysterious pneumonia was recognized as novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the course of time on 31 December 2019. Based on the literature knowledge, COVID-19 outbreak was came into existence through an animal-to-human transmission, then continued human-to-human diffusion. Especially dentists among the medical professionals are at high-risk group of SARS-CoV-2 virus contamination because of several routine dental procedures having the risk to convey the SARS-CoV-2 virus via droplets and close contact. In this mini review, it was aimed to give information about patient management during COVID-19 pandemic for dental practitioners, periodontologists and dental hygienists.

Journal

Balkan Journal of Dental Medicinede Gruyter

Published: Nov 1, 2021

Keywords: COVID-19; Dentistry; Periodontology; Periodontologists; Dental Hygienists

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