Wang Yan, Zhou Chen-Chen, Shu Rui, Zou Jing
State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2020 Mar;51(2):151-154. doi: 10.12182/20200360101.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is becoming a major public health event affecting China and even the whole world. During the epidemic period of corona virus disease, appropriate oral health management and disease prevention of children is very important for children's oral and general health. In order to prevent the occurrence of cross-infection and epidemic spreading of COVID-19 during dental practice, the recommendations to parents include: not only training children to maintain hand hygiene at home, exercise appropriately, strengthen physical resistance, but also helping children develop good oral and diet habit such as effective brushing and flossing to avoid oral diseases and emergency. If non-emergency oral situation occur, parents could assist their child to take home based care such as rinsing to relieve the symptoms. When oral emergencies such as acute pulpitis, periapical periodontitis, dental trauma, oral and maxillofacial infections happen, parents and children should visit dental clinic in time with correct personal protection. During the epidemic period, children's oral emergencies should be treated in accordance with current guidelines and control of COVID-19.
2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)正在成为影响中国乃至全球的重大公共卫生事件。在冠状病毒病流行期间,对儿童进行适当的口腔健康管理和疾病预防对儿童的口腔和全身健康非常重要。为防止在牙科诊疗过程中发生COVID-19的交叉感染和疫情传播,给家长的建议包括:不仅要在家中训练孩子保持手部卫生、适当锻炼、增强身体抵抗力,还要帮助孩子养成良好的口腔和饮食习惯,如有效刷牙和使用牙线,以避免口腔疾病和急症。如果出现非紧急口腔情况,家长可以协助孩子进行家庭护理,如漱口以缓解症状。当发生急性牙髓炎、根尖周炎、牙外伤、口腔颌面部感染等口腔急症时,家长和孩子应做好正确的个人防护,及时前往牙科诊所就诊。在疫情期间,儿童口腔急症应按照现行指南进行治疗,并做好COVID-19防控。