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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Eur J Dent 2020; 14(S 01): S171-S176
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1719217
Review Article

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Coexistence in the Daily Practice

Marco Tallarico 
1   Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
,
Marco Cicciù 
2   Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences, Morphological and Functional Images, School of Dentistry, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Via Consolare Valeria, Messina, Italy
,
Aurea Immacolata Lumbau
1   Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
,
Silvio Mario Meloni
1   Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
› Author Affiliations Funding This work was supported by funding by University of Sassari (to L.A.I.) (grant number: FAR2019).
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Abstract

The purpose of the present narrative review was to evaluate and discuss the actual available information regarding coronavirus disease 2019 and dental practice, and to share recommendations with the intent to help dentists in providing a safe and healthful workplace during pandemic. A step-by-step workflow is presented including prevention and measures to reduce risk for cross infections before, during, and after the dental treatments. Individualization of different risk-level zones and the establishment of a team-based chain control is also presented. The present manuscript may offer deeper knowledge and discussion regarding recommended procedures aimed to reduce risk for dental health care workers contamination and cross infections. Within these, infection prevention in dental settings, respect of general rules, containment measures, proper use of the personal protective equipments (PPE), and well-organized chain control of all the staff, with definition of risk zones and specific responsibility could be an adjunctive but important step to control the spread of the disease.

Keywords

COVID-19 - Public Health Dentistry - Infection control, dental - Primary prevention

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Article published online:
15 December 2020

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