Abstract
The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread to most countries around the world, infecting millions of people and resulting in the pandemic. This presents great challenges for dental professionals. It is necessary to explore preventive measures for COVID-19 in dental treatments. In this paper, we outline several measures designed to prevent COVID-19 in dental treatments, such as 3-level pre-examination triage and 2-body temperature tests, 3-level protection for medical personnel, gargling before oral treatment, implementing the 4-hand operation, suctioning saliva during oral treatment, using a rubber dam, and strict enforcement of hand hygiene. These measures include recommendations for medical staff and give practical advice for managing treatment. The epidemic has been brought under control, and routine oral examination and treatments have gradually been resumed from March 9, 2020, in Hunan Province, China. From January 24 to March 8, 2020, a total of 4272 patients received oral therapy during the COVID-19 epidemic in our hospital. We followed these guidelines during the COVID-19 epidemic, and none of the clinical dental staff, other workers, or patients were infected with COVID-19. These preventive measures for COVID-19 in dental treatments can be used as a reference for oral clinics and stomatological hospitals.
Highlights
MethodsDue to the outbreak of COVID-19, medical resources were used for the prevention of COVID19, resulting in some non-emergency diseases not being treated in a timely manner
We described some measures taken to prevent COVID-19 transmission during the oral examinations and treatment in our hospital
If a patient is confirmed with COVID-19, the information is recorded to facilitate future epidemiological investigations, which are provided to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Summary
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, medical resources were used for the prevention of COVID19, resulting in some non-emergency diseases not being treated in a timely manner. To solve this problem, our hospital had adopted telemedicine measures. Video consultation was provided for patients whose problems couldn’t be solved by a telephone consultation. Common scientific articles and videos were pushed for advice in which urgent cases must come to the hospital and introduce self-treatment methods of each non-urgent disease for patients on the official website and WeChat.[5]
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