Dental Treatment During The Coronavirus Pandemic

29/06/2020 Views : 178

Putri Marina Sukmadewi

In Desember 2019, Coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China. WHO declared a new virus called 2019-nCoV and then officially named SARS-CoV-2, this virus has never been identified in humans before. On February 11, the respiratory disease that originated from the SARS-CoV-2 infection was called COVID-19 and the virus had spread rapidly throughout the world . (Lu et al, 2020). Symptoms caused by the corona virus are coughing, fever, shortness of breath or can be without symptoms (Backer et al, 2020).

 The transmission of the coronavirus can occur through droplets originating from coughing, sneezing or when talking, personal contact such as shaking hands, touching the mouth, nose or eyes after touching objects or surfaces that are contaminated with the virus.

The risk of coronavirus transmission during dental treatment procedures is very high where the transmission process can occur through aerosols / droplets from an infected person, direct contact with blood, saliva or body fluids, as well as indirect contact through contaminated dental instruments (Izzetti et al , 2020).

During the covid-19 pandemic, the patient should come to the dentist for emergency treatment. For dental patients with fever, cough, cold and dental patients who wants to do aesthetic treatment should reschedule the treatment and do online consultations. Some emergency conditions that can be treated are toothache which make patients difficult to sleep, swollen gum and bleeding. For patients who have to visit the dentist should make an appointment first and should come alone, and if patient come with family or friends, they can’t enter to treatment room except for pediatric patients.