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ArticleEuropean oral research2020

The dilemma of COVID-19 in dental practice concerning the role of saliva in transmission: a brief review of current evidence.

Shahram Hamedani, Nima Farshidfar, Ava Ziaei, Hamidreza Pakravan

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Article in European oral research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Learning from Covid 19 in a level 1 oral and maxillofacial trauma centre - Insights for the future.Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, medicine, and pathology · 2023
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  4. Facial Self-Touching and the Propagation of COVID-19: The Role of Gloves in the Dental Practice.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Shahram HamedaniOral and Dental Disease Research Center, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz,Iran.
Nima FarshidfarStudent Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz,Iran.
Ava ZiaeiStudent Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine,Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences,Bandar Abbas,Iran.
Hamidreza PakravanStudent Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz,Iran.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

From December 12, 2019, a pandemic of acute respiratory syndrome, the novel human coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by a novel β-coronavirus (2019- nCoV) began to grow globally by person-to-person transmission. The production of airborne material during aerosol generating dental procedures would expose dental team and patients to remarkable risk of transmission concerning the faceto- face communication and splattered saliva, blood, and other body fluids. Dental professionals can be a substantial help in preventing the transmission of COVID-19. This study has reviewed relevant current evidences in literature that has addressed the role of saliva and the threats that may be inherent in transmission of the disease during dental procedures. The study also offers feasible proactive and preventive measures for dental practice during the outbreak to block possible person-toperson or indirect transmission in dental settings.

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COVID-19Infection ControlSalivaSARS-CoV-2Transmission

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PMID33474554
PMCPMC7787515

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