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. 2020 Dec;14(S 01):S146-S151.
doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1715923. Epub 2020 Dec 7.

Dental Office Prevention of Coronavirus Infection

Cesare D'Amico  1 , Salvatore Bocchieri  2 , Rosa De Stefano  1 , Francesca Gorassini  1 , Giovanni Surace  3 , Giulia Amoroso  1 , Cristina Scoglio  1 , Roberta Mastroieni  1 , Dario Gambino  1 , Emanuele Mario Amantia  1 , Stefania Marino  1 , Chiara Stumpo  1 , Luca Fiorillo  1
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Dental Office Prevention of Coronavirus Infection

Cesare D'Amico et al. Eur J Dent. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease is now spreading in different countries of the world. The alarmism created through the media also creates confusion in people about virus spreading. The health care environments among which the dental practice could be places of spread of the virus, especially places where patients with systemic pathology could be exposed to this. The purpose of this article is to clarify coronavirus disease 2019 and its management in the dental practice. Only by following the normal guidelines on disinfection and sterilization of environments and operators, with some additional rules on the management of patients in the waiting room, it is possible to limit this risk. Limiting the risk of spreading the virus is one of the keys to its eradication.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.C.D.A. and S.B. dedicated to conceptualization and methodology. R.D.S., F.G., R.M., S.M., and C.S. focused on investigation, resources, data curation, writing—original draft preparation, writing—review, and editing. G.S., G.A., C.S., D.G., and E.M.A supported in visualization. L.F. helped in project administration.None declared.

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Filter mask ( http://fotoedukacja.edu.pl , CC BY-SA 3.0).
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Common dental office surgical mask (CC0).
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Common dental office coronavirus disease 2019 transmission routes.
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