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ReviewJournal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry

Protection Measures, Dental Education, and Covid-19 Spread: A Brief Narrative Review.

Silvia D'Agostino, Luca D'Agostino, Marco Dolci

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Review in Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Silvia D'AgostinoDepartment of Medical, Oral, and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy.
Luca D'AgostinoEmergency Medicine Unit, Ca' Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy.
Marco DolciDepartment of Medical, Oral, and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe aim of the study was to evaluate and check the international literature for Covid-19 prevention and dental education. MATERIALS AND

methodsA review of the international literature was performed, including articles in English about different aspects of transmission, preventive actions, and educational topics.

resultsAs a result, it seems that the better way to avoid contagion was represented by the use of personal protective equipment and handwashing in conjunction with social distancing and treatment limitation.

conclusionsDental treatment limitation to emergencies, social distancing, and online teaching seemed to be the key to limit the Covid-19 outbreak, although there was no evidence of a universal guideline. This suggests that we have to establish general guidelines to avoid a second rush of contagion and limit the spread of infection in the future.

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Covid-19 preventiondental educationdentistry

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PMID33688466
PMCPMC7934825

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