The Management of Periodontitis Patients Should not be Postponed During the COVID-19 Era

Yuh Baba

doi:10.33552/OJDOH.2022.05.000614

Opinion

The Management of Periodontitis Patients Should not be Postponed During the COVID-19 Era

Yuh Baba¹*, Keiso Takahashi² and Yasumasa Kato³

¹Department of General Clinical Medicine, Ohu University School of Dentistry, 31-1 Misumido Tomita-machi Koriyama City, Fukushima 963-8611, Japan

²Department of Conservative Dentistry, Ohu University School of Denttistry, 31-1 Misumido Tomita-machi Koriyama City, Fukushima 963-8611, Japan

³Department of Oral Function and Molecular Biology, Ohu University School of Dentistry, 31-1 Misumido Tomita-machi Koriyama City, Fukushima 963-8611, Japan

Corresponding Author

Received Date: January 21, 2022; Published Date: February 04, 2022

Abstract

Recommendation for dental care during the COVID-19 pandemic was reported [1]. The authors present recommendations for (i) patient risk assessment, (ii) patient triage, and (iii) measures to prevent infection of health professionals and nosocomial transmission in dental clinics. With regard to patient triage, the authors classified dental treatments according to their emergency level.

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Citation

Yuh Baba, Keiso Takahashi, Yasumasa Kato. The Management of Periodontitis Patients Should not be Postponed During the COVID-19 Era. On J Dent & Oral Health. 5(3): 2022. OJDOH.MS.ID.000614. DOI: 10.33552/OJDOH.2022.05.000614.

Abbreviations

Dental clinic, Extraction of teeth, Periodontal disease, Dental practitioners, Inflammatory disease, Periodontal treatment, Periodontopathic bacteria, Periodontitis, Periodontal patients.