Abstract

COVID-19, which has caused a great panic by leaving millions of deaths in its wake worldwide, has affected the provision of oral and dental health services as in many fields. Especially dentists, who offer oral and dental health services by working in the oral region of the patients, are under a high risk of encountering the agent. This high risk has justifiably created a concern for them. Therefore, it has been quite challenging to provide oral and dental health services. In order to alleviate these concerns and to sustain oral and dental health services, many health organizations and institutions, especially the World Health Organization, have published recommendations and principles of practice, and announced financial support. In this section, we will examine the recommendations and practices regarding infection prevention and control measures by getting away from standard routine health service practices in order to be protected from COVID-19 epidemic and what areas they cover on a wide scale. By discussing the effects of these recommendations and practices on the provision of dental health services, we will try to determine the practices that will relieve concerns and are aimed at ensuring the provision of safe health services in terms of both patients’ health and health professionals’ health.

Highlights

  • The novel coronavirus 2019 is a member of the Coronaviridae family

  • The disease caused by this virus, known as SARS-CoV-2, was named Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) because it was first detected in 2019 [1–4]

  • In order to be protected from the COVID-19 pandemic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends additional infection prevention and control measures to be applied for all patients in addition to standard routine healthcare practices due to the nature of the pandemic

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Summary

Introduction

The novel coronavirus 2019 is a member of the Coronaviridae family. this single-stranded RNA virus, whose natural habitat is animals, was reported to be transmittable from animals to humans. The disease caused by this virus, known as SARS-CoV-2, was named Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) because it was first detected in 2019 [1–4]. The disease originated in the city of Wuhan in the Hubei province of China due to consumption of animals contaminated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Later, it spread around the world, causing millions of people to become ill and Science-Based Approaches to Respond to COVID and Other Public Health Threats many of them to die. The risk of those working on the oral cavity was found to be higher [15–18] If this risk is compared to the work done by other healthcare professionals, it is thought to be close to that of staff in laboratories where the virus is directly analyzed, or the bodily fluids of COVID-19 patients are studied. We will discuss the precautions that dental providers should take while working and the issues they should pay attention to

Recommendations of international dental organizations
Measures to protect individuals from the COVID-19 outbreak
Practices and rules for patient appointments
Recommendations for the dentist and working environment
The importance of physical distance in the work environment
Oral and dental healthcare practices for the COVID-19 outbreak in Turkey
Importance of financial and social support
Conclusion

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