Safety Assessment of Dental Local and Regional Anesthesia after COVID-19 Vaccination

Abstract

Backgrounds and objectives: Recently, a particular importance has been attributed to the receive of the Covid-19 vaccine in order to hope minimizing the spread of the pandemic and to reduce the very high mortality rate especially lately with the appearance of the Delta variant, however, a very large part of the population still hesitate for fear of the probable side effects falsely reported by the social media, among these risks, the contraindication of local or regional dental anesthesia after Covid-19 vaccination because of potentially fatal complications, until proven otherwise, this rumor remains false but threatens however a good progression of the vaccination, the objective of this research is to evaluate the safety of the realization of a dental local or regional anesthesia after the Covid-19 vaccination. Methods: This study was conducted on 288 patients, the control of 140 patients was done by a complete medical examination while the health status of 148 patients was assessed by a telephonic interview, the participating patients must present their vaccination’s proof with a date of vaccination that does not exceed one week before their dental care or surgical procedures requiring local anesthesia, 252 of these studied patients consulted having their first dose of the vaccine while only 36 patients who received the second dose, pregnant women are excluded from the study, only complications of local or regional anesthesia related to the three vaccines Sinovac, Sputnik V and AstraZeneca were studied because they are the only three vaccines available in Algeria, this research excludes the study of possible complications of general anesthesia in relation to the vaccines Covid-19, complications and side effects were sought within one week of the administration of local or regional anesthesia, beyond one week, the participant was excluded because of the possibility that other origins might distort the study. Results: No deaths, no particular complications .......