Author:
Atukorallaya Devi Sewvandini,Ratnayake Ravindra K.
Abstract
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has shaken the globe with an ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 and has set challenges to every corner of the modern health care setting. The oral mucosa and saliva are high risk sites for higher viral loads and dental health care professionals are considered a high risk group. COVID-19-induced oral lesions and loss of taste and smell are common clinical complaints in the dental health care setting. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has been found to cause a wide range of non-specific oral mucosal lesions, but the specific diagnosis of these mucocutaneous lesions as COVID-19 lesions will facilitate the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 in dental health care settings and aid in proper patient management. The reported loss of taste and smell needs further investigation at the receptor level as it will give new insights into SARS-CoV-2 pathogenicity. The high yield of virus in the salivary secretion is a common finding in this infection and ongoing research is focusing on developing saliva as a rapid diagnostic fluid in COVID-19. In this review, we discuss the significance of oral mucosa, saliva and the relevance of the COVID-19 pandemic in dentistry.
Reference102 articles.
1. The outbreak of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): a review of the current global status;Bchetnia;J Infect Public Health.,2020
2. SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and 2019-nCoV viruses: an overview of origin, evolution, genetic variations;Krishnamoorthy;Virusdisease.,2020
3. Human coronaviruses: viral and cellular factors involved in neuroinvasiveness and neuropathogenesis;Desforges;Virus Res.,2014
4. COVID-19 infection: Origin, transmission, and characteristics of human coronaviruses;Shereen;J Adv Res.,2020
5. Coronaviruses and SARS-COV-2;Hasöksüz;Turk J Med Sci.,2020
Cited by
31 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献