COVID-19 and its repercussions on oral health: a review

LC Rusu, LC Ardelean, CV Tigmeanu, A Matichescu… - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
In 2019, a new type of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, the causing agent of COVID-19, was first
detected in Wuhan, China. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a …

Prevalence, features and degree of association of oral lesions in COVID-19: a systematic review of systematic reviews

F Di Spirito, A Iandolo, A Amato, M Caggiano… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Regardless of rapidly emerging findings on oral lesions described in adult SARS-CoV-2-
positive subjects, the evidence level remains quite low and rather contrasting; therefore, the …

The impact of periodontal disease on hospital admission and mortality during COVID-19 pandemic

H Larvin, S Wilmott, J Wu, J Kang - Frontiers in medicine, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: COVID-19 has had a huge impact on society and healthcare and it has been
suggested that people with periodontal disease are at risk of having worse outcomes from …

Periodontal tissues are targets for Sars-Cov-2: a post-mortem study

B Fernandes Matuck, M Dolhnikoff… - Journal of oral …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The ability of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 to spread is one of the determinants of
the COVID-19 pandemic status. Until June 2020, global COVID-19 cases surpassed 10 …

Sources of SARS-CoV-2 and other microorganisms in dental aerosols

AP Meethil, S Saraswat, PP Chaudhary… - Journal of dental …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
On March 16, 2020, 198,000 dentists in the United States closed their doors to patients,
fueled by concerns that aerosols generated during dental procedures are potential vehicles …

Nexus between COVID-19 and periodontal disease

K Sukumar, A Tadepalli - Journal of International Medical …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past several decades, studies have demonstrated the existence of bi-directional
relationships between periodontal disease and systemic conditions. Periodontitis is a …

COVID-19 and periodontitis: reflecting on a possible association

G Campisi, ME Bizzoca, L Lo Muzio - Head & Face Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Recent studies have demonstrated a relationship between the severe clinical course of
COVID-19 and other chronic diseases such as: cardiovascular disease, hypertension …

Poor oral health status and adverse COVID‐19 outcomes: A preliminary study in hospitalized patients

CA Costa, ACS Vilela, SA Oliveira… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Most of the common risk factors for severe outcomes of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID‐19) are correlated with poor oral health, tooth loss, and periodontitis. This has …

SARS-CoV-2 infection and oral health: therapeutic opportunities and challenges

CJ Coke, B Davison, N Fields, J Fletcher… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The novel corona virus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2),
and the disease it causes, COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease-2019) have had multi-faceted …

Oral mucosa, saliva, and COVID-19 infection in oral health care

DS Atukorallaya, RK Ratnayake - Frontiers in medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
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 …