A Call for Action to Safely Deliver Oral Health Care during and Post COVID-19 Pandemic

Marco Farronato, Santosh K Tadakamadla, Mir Faeq Ali Quadri, Shashidhar Acharya, Jyothi Tadakamadla, Robert M. Love, Mohamed Jamal, Riaan Mulder, Cinzia Maspero, Davide Farronato, Alexander Ivanov, Dirk Neefs, Maria Grazia Cagetti, Danila de Vito, Rishi J. Gupta, Stephen Thaddeus Connelly and Gianluca M. Tartaglia
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Marco Farronato: Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
Santosh K Tadakamadla: School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia
Mir Faeq Ali Quadri: Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
Shashidhar Acharya: Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, India
Jyothi Tadakamadla: School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia
Robert M. Love: School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia
Mohamed Jamal: Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai 505055, UAE
Riaan Mulder: Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town 7535, South Africa
Cinzia Maspero: Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, via Francesco Sforza 35, 20122 Milan, Italy
Davide Farronato: Department of Medicine and Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy
Alexander Ivanov: Pediatric Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Department—Central Research Institute of Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery, Moscow 119021, Russia
Dirk Neefs: Dierick Dental Care & B-dent Dental Clinic, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
Maria Grazia Cagetti: WHO Collaborating Centre for Epidemiology and Community Dentistry of Milan, 20142 Milan, Italy
Danila de Vito: Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70121 Bari, Italy
Rishi J. Gupta: San Francisco Veteran’s Affairs Health Care, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Stephen Thaddeus Connelly: San Francisco Veteran’s Affairs Health Care, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Gianluca M. Tartaglia: Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 18, 1-11

Abstract: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak started just a couple of months ago and it grew rapidly causing several deaths and morbidities. The mechanism behind the transmission of the virus is still not completely understood despite a multitude of new specific manuscripts being published daily. This article highlights the oral cavity as a possible viral transmission route into the body via the Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 receptor. It also provides guidelines for routine protective measures in the dental office while delivering oral health care.

Keywords: coronavirus; quarantine; professional practice; angiotensin II; pandemics; mouth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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