Abstract
The current outbreak of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) challenges how professional standards have been defined so far. In Dentistry, biosafety measures already taken by professionals have been intensified, aiming to offer the patient urgent and emergency treatment with safety for both. In this context, Restorative Dentistry is responsible for the care of patients with caries injuries, with or without symptoms and, fractures of teeth and existing restorations. This article guides professionals, during the pandemic period, on the risks involved in adult and pediatric dental care for patients with restorative needs. It also discusses strategies to optimize clinical practice, reducing risks of contamination and virus transmission.Keywords Operative Dentistry; Dentistry; Biosafety; Pandemics; COVID-19.
Highlights
LITER AT UREREVIEWAna Luiza Barbosa JUREMA1, Rafael Santos ROCHA2, Mariane Cintra MAILART2, Maurício Yugo de SOUZA3, Sérgio Eduardo de Paiva GONÇALVES2, Taciana Marco Ferraz CANEPPELE2, Eduardo BRESCIANI2 1 - Paulista University (UNIP) - Health Sciences Institute - São José dos Campos – SP - Brazil
The current outbreak of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) challenges how professional standards have been defined so far
Teledentistry may be an important tool to decrease the risk of contagion, because it avoids patients to move to dental offices without an effective indication, it limits the human contact between dental team and patient, and it reduces the crowding of people in waiting rooms [16]
Summary
Ana Luiza Barbosa JUREMA1, Rafael Santos ROCHA2, Mariane Cintra MAILART2, Maurício Yugo de SOUZA3, Sérgio Eduardo de Paiva GONÇALVES2, Taciana Marco Ferraz CANEPPELE2, Eduardo BRESCIANI2 1 - Paulista University (UNIP) - Health Sciences Institute - São José dos Campos – SP - Brazil. - São Paulo State University (Unesp) - Institute of Science and Technology, São José dos Campos - Department of Restorative Dentistry - SP – Brazil. - ICESP University (UNICESP) and Euro-American University (UNIEURO) Brasília - DF - Brazil
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