COVID-19: a novel coronavirus and a novel challenge for oral healthcare.
Clin Oral Investig
; 24(6): 2137-2138, 2020 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-32382932
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Explore how to manage oral healthcare during the COVID-19 outbreak. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
In order to solve oral healthcare during the COVID-19 outbreak, our hospital has taken effectivemeasures:
build a team of experts, which provide a 24-h hotline, online video consultation, and online training and push popular science articles on WeChat. For the treatment of emergency patients aside from routine epidemic prevention measures, some special measures for oral treatment need to be added.RESULTS:
From January 23, 2020, to March 2, 2020, a total of 3035 patients received oral therapy during the COVID-19 epidemic in our hospital. To our knowledge, no oral health worker or patient has been infected with COVID-19 due to oral treatment, and no patients have complained about the suspension of treatment by complaints hotline.CONCLUSION:
COVID-19 is a novel challenge for oral healthcare. Attention should be paid to oral healthcare during the outbreak of COVID-19. CLINICAL RELEVANCE These experiences of oral healthcare can be used as a reference by stomatological hospitals and oral clinics during public health emergencies.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
4_TD
Problema de salud:
4_pneumonia
Asunto principal:
Neumonía Viral
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Salud Bucal
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
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Pandemias
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Enfermedades de la Boca
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Oral Investig
Asunto de la revista:
ODONTOLOGIA
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China