COVID-19 and Oral Diseases: How can we Manage Hospitalized and Quarantined Patients while Reducing Risks?
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Pier Carmine Passarelli 1, Giuseppe Passarelli 2, Ioannis Alexandros Charitos 3, Edoardo Rella 4, Luigi Santacroce 5 * , Antonio D’Addona 6
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1 Master Coordinator, Department of Head and Neck and Sensory Organs, Division of Oral Surgery and Implantology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS—Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, ITALY2 Private Practice, Castrovillari, ITALY3 Department of Emergency and Urgency, National Poisoning Centre, Riuniti University Hospital of Foggia, Foggia, ITALY4 Department of Head and Neck and Sensory Organs, Division of Oral Surgery and Implantology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS—Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, ITALY5 Ionian Department, Microbiology and Virology Lab., Policlinico University Hospital of Bari, Bari, ITALY6 Professor and Head, Department of Head and Neck and Sensory Organs, Division of Oral Surgery and Implantology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS—Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, ITALY* Corresponding Author

Abstract

We know the importance of managing the oral health of patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the risk of acquire it in all healthcare workers. Dental pathologies are very frequent and there is a risk of facing many dental emergencies in the following weeks and months. Therefore, here we propose some simple procedures attempting to prevent them.

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Article Type: Short Communication

ELECTRON J GEN MED, Volume 17, Issue 6, December 2020, Article No: em238

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/7945

Publication date: 13 Apr 2020

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