Pivotal exigencies of dental services and related professions, in COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic literature review

Authors

  • Abtin Heidarzadeh Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. Scientific Committee of National Headquarter for COVID-19 Administration, Tehran, Iran.
  • Ali Tajernia - Deliberative Committee of COVID-19 Dental Related Affairs, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran. Iranian Dental Association, Tehran, Iran.
  • Ali Yazdani Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Deliberative Committee of COVID-19 Dental Related Affairs, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
  • Amir Hashem Shahidi Bonjar Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Institute for Future Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Research Institute of Dental Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Amir Reza Rokn Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Deliberative Committee of COVID-19 Dental Related Affairs, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
  • Behzad Houshmand Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Secretariat of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Dental Board, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran. Deliberative Committee of COVID-19 Dental Related Affairs, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
  • Ghasem Janbabai Department of Hematology, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Deliberative Committee of COVID-19 Dental Related Affairs, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Scientific Committee of National Headquarter for COVID-19 Administration, Tehran, Iran.
  • Ghasem Sadeghi Deliberative Committee of COVID-19 Dental Related Affairs, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran. Office of Dental Affairs, Deputy of Treatment Affairs, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
  • Gholamreza Heydari Secretariat of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Dental Board, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
  • Hamid Samadzadeh - Deliberative Committee of COVID-19 Dental Related Affairs, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran. Office of Oral and Dental Health, Deputy of Hygiene Affairs, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
  • Mahdi Shadnoush Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition Science and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Deliberative Committee of COVID-19 Dental Related Affairs, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
  • Mohsen Dalband Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Deliberative Committee of COVID-19 Dental Related Affairs, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
  • Reza Masaeli Department of Dental Biomaterials, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Deliberative Committee of COVID-19 Dental Related Affairs, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
  • Said Sai Deliberative Committee of COVID-19 Dental Related Affairs, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran. Iranian Endodontists Association, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract:

Background: The advent of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (so-called SARS-CoV-2) causing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (so-called COVID-19) occurred in Dec. 2019 in Wuhan, China. Having an inconceivable worldwide contagion, the outbreak was labeled a pandemic by the WHO. Dental services and related professions (including dentists, dental assistants, dental hygienists and the personnel of cleansing, remedial, triage, dental laboratories, radiographic laboratories and other related paraclinicals), facing galore aerosol and droplets, are in the topmost risk groups exposed to the queer virus. This study was fulfilled to round up evidence-based data to break a link at any part of the virus transmission chain in dental services and related professions. Methods: Relevant online databases, as PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, Google Scholar and TripDatabase were searched meticulously and evaluated for relevant published original research papers. Subsequently, to fulfill the investigation, ADA, CDC and WHO websites were reviewed to gain relevant guidelines and protocols. Consequently, 476 resources were included considering the canonical inclusion criteria. For the sake of quality assessment of the resources, an authentic checklist was exploited to score the resources from 1 to 15, wherein the admissible score was 10. After deliberation of resources, 366 of them were excluded and finally, 110 resources were selected and overhauled to attain a comprehensive perception on the subject of the investigation. Results: Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 includes direct transmission (via droplet and aerosol inhalation) and indirect transmission (via surface and instrument contamination), which can amply occur in dental services and related professions. Therefore, an all-inclusive evidence-based miscellany was rallied on several exigent topics, containing genuine esteem in reputable scientific authorities, to present a consummate report for the dental clinicians and related practitioners, working in the course of the running pandemic. Conclusion: Contemplating the ongoing crisis, undertaking a set of miscellany elected guidelines and protocols, is indispensable in this vital interval of history to bridle the current pandemic, which has been abridged via this systematic perusal.

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volume 79  issue 2

pages  124- 140

publication date 2021-05

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