Kurt Bayrakdar Sevdaa, Ilhan Betülb, Sevki Bayrakdar Ibrahimc, Kurt Alpay Fundad, Orhan Kaane
aEskişehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Periodontology, Eskişehir,Turkey
bEge University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Izmir, Turkey
cEskişehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Eskişehir, Turkey
dRize State Hospital, Internal Medicine Specialist, Rize, Turkey
eAnkara University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Ankara, Turkey
Summary
A 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 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.
Keywords: COVID-19; dentistry; periodontology; periodontologists; dental hygienists
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