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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Is It Useful to Determine the Temperature of Children for COVID-19 Screening in the Dental Setting?

Eliane García-Mato, Iván Varela-Aneiros, Maite Abeleira-Pazos, Mercedes Outumuro-Rial, Pedro Diz-Dios, Jacobo Limeres-Posse, Márcio Diniz-Freitas

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. 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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7 authors.

Eliane García-MatoSpecial Needs Unit and OMEQUI Research Group, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela University, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Iván Varela-AneirosSpecial Needs Unit and OMEQUI Research Group, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela University, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4956-681X
Maite Abeleira-PazosSpecial Needs Unit and OMEQUI Research Group, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela University, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Mercedes Outumuro-RialSpecial Needs Unit and OMEQUI Research Group, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela University, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Pedro Diz-DiosSpecial Needs Unit and OMEQUI Research Group, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela University, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Jacobo Limeres-PosseSpecial Needs Unit and OMEQUI Research Group, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela University, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6340-1993
Márcio Diniz-FreitasSpecial Needs Unit and OMEQUI Research Group, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela University, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5349-1091

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo date, the efficacy of temperature readings of children in the dental setting for COVID-19 screening has not been evaluated. The aim of this pilot study was to assess the usefulness of forehead temperature measurements in a dental clinic for COVID-19 screening in healthy children (without systemic disease) and in children with neurodevelopmental disorders.

methodsUsing an infrared thermometer, we recorded the forehead temperature of 200 pediatric patients (100 healthy children and 100 children with neurodevelopmental disorders). We performed temperature measurements "before", "during", and "after" the dental procedure. Oropharyngeal swabs were taken of all participants to detect SARS-CoV-2.

resultsSex, age, administration of local anesthesia, and use of rotary instrumentation did not affect the temperature values. In the children with neurodevelopmental disorders with a value of 1 on the Frankl behavior scale, the temperatures were significantly higher than in those with values of 2, 3, and 4 (

conclusionsForehead temperatures increase during dental procedures and are conditioned by the patient's behavior. An isolated temperature reading does not identify children infected by SARS-CoV-2.

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COVID-19dental settingpediatric dentistrySARS-CoV-2triage

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PMID35207248
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