Kochhar Anuraj Singh, Bhasin Ritasha, Kochhar Gulsheen Kaur, Dadlani Himanshu
Former Orthodontist Max Hospital, Gurgaon, India.
International Dentist Advanced Placement Program, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Int J Dent. 2020 Jul 9;2020:8894794. doi: 10.1155/2020/8894794. eCollection 2020.
SARS-CoV-2, a virus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome, has inundated the whole world, generating global health concerns. There is a wildfire-like effect, despite the extensive range of efforts exercised by the affected countries to restrain the expanse of this pandemic, owing to its community spread pattern. Dental specialists in the upcoming days will likely come across patients with presumed or confirmed COVID-19 and will have to ensure stringent infection prevention and control to prevent its nosocomial spread. This paper strives to provide a brief overview of the etiology, incubation, symptoms, and transmission paradigms of this novel infection and how to minimize the spread in a dental healthcare setting. This review presents evidence-based patient management practice and protocols from the available literature to help formulate a contingency plan with recommendations, for the dental practices prior to patients' visit, during in-office dental treatment, and post-treatment, during the pandemic and after.
严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2），一种引发严重急性呼吸综合征的病毒，已席卷全球，引发了全球对健康的关注。尽管受影响国家为遏制这一疫情的蔓延付出了广泛努力，但由于其社区传播模式，仍产生了野火般的影响。未来几天，牙科专家可能会遇到疑似或确诊感染新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）的患者，因此必须确保严格的感染预防和控制措施，以防止其在医院内传播。本文旨在简要概述这种新型感染的病因、潜伏期、症状和传播模式，以及如何在牙科医疗环境中尽量减少传播。本综述展示了现有文献中基于证据的患者管理实践和方案，以帮助制定应急计划并给出建议，涵盖患者就诊前、牙科治疗期间以及治疗后，包括疫情期间及疫情过后的牙科诊疗操作。
