Dental status of patients with new coronavirus infection COVID-19

Abstract

Aim – to clarify the clinical symptoms of COVID-19 in patients with the new coronavirus infection. Material and methods. A total of 156 patients undergoing treatment in COVID-hospitals were included in the study. The patients were examined for the prevalence of COVID-19 clinical symptoms, COVID-19 clinical manifestations in the oral cavity and concomitant diseases. Results. In the structure of general symptoms, the complaints of hyperthermia, general weakness and cough (more often dry) played a leading role. These symptoms were noted in the overwhelming majority of the examined patients. Two-thirds of patients reported body pain. The leading symptoms were also anosmia (in 68.6% of cases) and sweating (64.1%). More than half of the patients complained of shortness of breath (60.2%), difficulty in nasal breathing (55.1%), a feeling of tickling (58.3%) and pain (60.2%) in the throat. Among dental pathology, the loss of taste (57.5%) and hyposalivation (38.5%) were most common in patients. Bleeding gums were detected in 22.4% of the examined patients, which was most likely due to violations of the rheological properties of blood and changes in the hemodynamic provision of the parodontium during COVID-19. Conclusion. The hemostasis disorders characteristic of the new COVID-19 infection certainly influenced the dental status, further destroying periodontal tissues. However, clinical manifestations of pathological effects might not occur immediately, but in the form of long-term complications. In this regard, it is necessary to dynamically monitor the patients who have undergone COVID-19.