TY - JOUR
T1 - Riesgos, contaminación y prevención frente al covid-19 en el quehacer odontológico
T2 - Una revisión
AU - Herrera Plasencia, Paul Martin
AU - Enoki-Miñano, Erika
AU - Ruiz-Barrueto, Miguel A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Introduction In April 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic caused more than one million infections and 54 600 deaths to date around the world. The spread of SARS-CoV-2 is rapid, and its transmission is through droplets of saliva, hence its importance in dentistry. Objective Identify the main risks, transmission routes and prevention measures against COVID-19. Methods A review of the scientific literature of the last two years on the subject was carried out in the PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar and Research Gate databases. The descriptors used were: “coronavirus”, “COVID-19”, “dental”, “dentistry”, “oral”, “stomato-logy”, and “aerosol”. 350 articles were found, but 50 were selected for their topicality, relationship, and focus. The transmission of the COVID-19 is carried out mainly through saliva drops, aerosols and fomites. The virus can subsist for a time on the environment and surfaces. Dentists are health workers who are at risk of contagion because several of their procedures release aerosols. The biosecurity in the exercise of this profession must be strict and extreme, also the cleaning and disinfection of the environment and contact surfaces. Conclusions In the dental profession the potential risk of contamination among operators, assistants and patients is high. Knowing the causative agent and the disease allows you to reduce the possibility of contagion. The dentist must consider patients as suspects to COVID-19 and apply biosecurity at all levels.
AB - Introduction In April 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic caused more than one million infections and 54 600 deaths to date around the world. The spread of SARS-CoV-2 is rapid, and its transmission is through droplets of saliva, hence its importance in dentistry. Objective Identify the main risks, transmission routes and prevention measures against COVID-19. Methods A review of the scientific literature of the last two years on the subject was carried out in the PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar and Research Gate databases. The descriptors used were: “coronavirus”, “COVID-19”, “dental”, “dentistry”, “oral”, “stomato-logy”, and “aerosol”. 350 articles were found, but 50 were selected for their topicality, relationship, and focus. The transmission of the COVID-19 is carried out mainly through saliva drops, aerosols and fomites. The virus can subsist for a time on the environment and surfaces. Dentists are health workers who are at risk of contagion because several of their procedures release aerosols. The biosecurity in the exercise of this profession must be strict and extreme, also the cleaning and disinfection of the environment and contact surfaces. Conclusions In the dental profession the potential risk of contamination among operators, assistants and patients is high. Knowing the causative agent and the disease allows you to reduce the possibility of contagion. The dentist must consider patients as suspects to COVID-19 and apply biosecurity at all levels.
KW - Coronavirus infections
KW - Nasal sprays
KW - Saliva
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U2 - 10.15446/rsap.v22n5.86065
DO - 10.15446/rsap.v22n5.86065
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85103293579
SN - 0124-0064
VL - 22
JO - Revista de Salud Publica
JF - Revista de Salud Publica
IS - 5
M1 - e300
ER -