Gurgel Bruno César de Vasconcelos, Borges Samuel Batista, Borges Raul Elton Araújo, Calderon Patrícia Dos Santos
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Odontologia, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil.
J Appl Oral Sci. 2020 Sep 28;28:e20200358. doi: 10.1590/1678-7757-2020-0358. eCollection 2020.
The rapid and abrupt transmission pattern of the SARS-CoV-2 unleashed the current COVID-19 pandemic, as recognized by the World Health Organization in March 2020. Considering the high risk of transmission of the virus in dental environments and the specificities in clinical practice, COVID-19 posed immediate challenges for dental care and education. Due to the need to establish infection prevention and control guidance in dental health settings to enable a safe clinical practice, this review aims to list the challenges and perspectives in managing dental care in services and schools. This review employed materials collected from PubMed and the main guidelines and studies on the novel coronavirus to provide an overview of the clinical procedures and decisions made by health care personnel in dental offices and dental schools. We expect the COVID-19 scenario to promote significant changes in clinical practice and dental education; dentists should seek specific and particular regulations for dental practice established by their state or country. Biosafety checklists are strongly recommended for appointments at dental services and face-to-face activities in dental schools.
2020年3月，世界卫生组织认识到，严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）迅速且突然的传播模式引发了当前的新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）大流行。鉴于该病毒在牙科环境中的高传播风险以及临床实践的特殊性，COVID-19给牙科护理和教育带来了直接挑战。由于需要在牙科健康环境中建立感染预防与控制指南，以实现安全的临床实践，本综述旨在列出在服务机构和学校中管理牙科护理的挑战与观点。本综述采用了从PubMed收集的资料以及关于新型冠状病毒的主要指南和研究，以概述牙科诊所和牙科学院医护人员的临床程序和决策。我们预计COVID-19情况将促使临床实践和牙科教育发生重大变化；牙医应寻求其所在州或国家制定的牙科实践的具体规定。强烈建议在牙科服务预约和牙科学院的面对面活动中使用生物安全检查表。
