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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Infection Control in Dental Practice during the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Is Changed?

Mario Caggiano, Alfonso Acerra, Stefano Martina, Marzio Galdi, Francesco D'Ambrosio

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors.

Mario CaggianoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3163-7170
Alfonso AcerraDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.
Stefano MartinaDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3877-1671
Marzio GaldiDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3744-891X
Francesco D'AmbrosioDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6161-9067

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly changed our lives. Since the SARS-CoV-2 was discovered, many studies have been done on the transmission mode, its replication within humans, and its survival even in the outside environment and on inanimate surfaces. Undoubtedly, health care workers have faced the greatest risks because of their close contact with potentially infected patients. Of these, dental health care professionals are certainly among the most vulnerable categories, precisely because infection occurs with the airborne virus. The treatment of patients within the dental office has changed profoundly, respecting all preventive measures towards the patient and the practitioners themselves. The aim of this paper is to understand whether the protocols changed for the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection among dentists remained even after the most acute phase of the pandemic. In particular, this study analyzed habits, protocols, preventive measures, and any costs incurred in the COVID-19 era for the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection among dental workers and patients.

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COVID-19DentistsHumansInfection ControlPandemicsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19dental practicedentistryinfection in dentistryprevention proceduresSARS-CoV-2survey

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PMID36900914
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