TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gurzawska-Comis, Katarzyna
A1  - Becker, Kathrin
A1  - Brunello, Giulia
A1  - Gurzawska, Agata
A1  - Schwarz, Frank
T1  - Recommendations for dental care during covid-19 pandemic
T2  - Journal of Clinical Medicine
N2  - Dental clinics were suspected to be a hotspot for nosocomial transmission of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), yet there has been no clear recommendation about emergency dental care and appropriate personal protective equipment during pandemics. In this paper, we aim to summarize recommendations for (i) patient risk assessment, (ii) patient triage, and (iii) measures to prevent infection of health professionals and nosocomial transmission in dental clinics. The available evidence was collected by performing searches on PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases. We reviewed papers on COVID-19, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), influenza, and related respiratory viral diseases. Legal and ethical frameworks, as well as international (e.g., World Health Organization (WHO)) and national (e.g., public health institutes, dental associations) guidelines were screened to summarize recommendations related to dental emergency care. To assess the patient risk, a questionnaire was developed to classify patients at unknown, high, and very high risk. Patient triage recommendations were summarized in a flow chart that graded the emergency level of treatments (i.e., urgent, as soon as possible, and postpone). Measures to prevent disease transmission based on current evidence were grouped for dental health professionals, dental clinics, and patients. The present recommendations may support health professionals implement preventative measures during the pandemic.
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - SARS-CoV-2
KW  - coronavirus
KW  - patient questionnaire
KW  - patient triage
KW  - dental emergency treatment
Y1  - 2020
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/54724
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-547240
UR  - https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/6/1833
SN  - 2077-0383
N1  - This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
VL  - 9
IS  - 6, Art. 1833
SP  - 1
EP  - 15
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -