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Multicenter Study
. 2022 May;50(5):462-467.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2022.02.004. Epub 2022 Mar 2.

Recommendations for a safe restart of elective aerosol-generating oral surgery procedures following the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak: An Italian multicenter study

Federica Giovanditto  1 , Damiano Soma  2 , Luigi Angelo Vaira  2 , Alberto Pispero  3 , Niccolò Lombardi  3 , Federico Ristoldo  4 , Umberto Mariani  4 , Silvia Pizzi  5 , Antonio Isola  6 , Pierantonio Smania  6 , Massimo Albanese  7 , Antonio D'Agostino  7 , Paolo Appendino  8 , Ernesto Scatà  8 , Maria Teresa Raho  2 , Roberta Gobbi  9 , Elena Carta  2 , Olindo Massarelli  2 , Aurea Lumbau  10 , Giovanni Spano  10 , Giacomo De Riu  2
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Multicenter Study

Recommendations for a safe restart of elective aerosol-generating oral surgery procedures following the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak: An Italian multicenter study

Federica Giovanditto et al. J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2022 May.

Abstract

Among healthcare workers, oral and maxillofacial surgeons are some of the most exposed to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The aim of this retrospective study was to develop suggestions for continuing the work of oral and maxillofacial surgeons using a safe protocol for elective and urgent aerosol-generating procedures that could prevent the onset of new clusters. Based on the results obtained and a guidelines review of those Asian countries that had promptly managed the current pandemic, the following safety protocol was developed.

Keywords: AGP; COVID; Contagion; Dental practice; Dental protocols; Infection control; Novel coronavirus; Oral surgery; PPE; Public health; Transmission; Virology.

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