Year : 2020

Volume : Volume 11

Issue : Issue 2s

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Sonal Agrawal.
dr.sonal211agrawal@gmail.com

Abstract

Background:  Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in December 2019, according to official reports, several countries have been crippled across globe affecting more than 100.7 million patients and making it a global public threat. Transmission generally occurs through aerosols, direct contact, and droplet. Dental treatment all over the world are significantly impacted due to this pandemic as dental procedure generates aerosol. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) consider dental work place as highly infectious place due to its aerosol generating procedure. Above conditions, lead to stress to all health care system in the world until a herd immunity or vaccine develops. In most developing countries, only emergency dental treatment is advised. Global and Standard Operating Procedures are accepted with personal protective equipment (PPE) and hand hygiene. Additional measures include use of high-volume suction devices, chemotherapeutic agents such as mouth rinse with 0.2% povidone-iodine or 0.5-1% hydrogen peroxide and rubber dam isolation. Regarding dental aerosol, only few reviews are available. This review explains about dental aerosol, its implications and how dental professionals should adapt the preventive measures for protection against infection caused by aerosols.

Keywords: Dental aerosol, Covid-19, Dental Unit Waterlines (DUWLs), Personal Protective equipment (PPE), High Volume Evacuation (HVE).