literature review C D A J O U R N A L , V O L 4 8 , Nº 1 0
Dentistry in the Context of COVID-19 : Oral Pathologists’ Perspectives Based on a Compilation of Data Paulo Victor Mendes Penafort, DDS; Tayná Figueiredo Maciel, DDS; Ana Paula Ferreira Souza, DDS; Tássia Caroline da Costa Mendes, DDS; Renata Gualberto Cunha, DDS, MSc; Naiza Menezes Medeiros Abrahim, DDS, MSc; Lucileide Castro Oliveira, DDS, MSc; Jeconias Câmara, DDS, MSc; Paulo Henrique Braz-Silva, DDS, PhD; and Tatiana Nayara Libório-Kimura, DDS, PhD
a b s t r a c t A review of articles related to SARS-CoV-2 indexed in databases,
primarily PubMed, from December 2019 to August 2020 as well as historical support literature was conducted addressing relevant aspects that oral pathologists, stomatologists and general dentists need to be aware of in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion was based on the contextualization of general aspects as a basis for understanding of the scenario dental professionals are currently facing.
AUTHORS Paulo Victor Mendes Penafort, DDS, is an oral an maxillofacial pathology resident at the Federal University of Amazonas. Tayná Figueiredo Maciel, DDS, is an oral and maxillofacial pathology resident at the Federal University of Amazonas. Ana Paula Ferreira Souza, DDS, is an oral and maxillofacial pathology resident at the Federal University of Amazonas. Tássia Caroline da Costa Mendes, DDS, is an oral and maxillofacial pathology resident at the Federal University of Amazonas.
Renata Gualberto Cunha, DDS, MSc, is an assistant professor and preceptor of the residency program of oral and maxillofacial pathology at the Federal University of Amazonas. Naiza Menezes Medeiros Abrahim, DDS, MSc, is an assistant professor and preceptor of the residency program of oral and maxillofacial pathology at the Federal University of Amazonas. Lucileide Castro Oliveira, DDS, MSc, is an assistant professor and preceptor of
the residency program of oral and maxillofacial pathology at the Federal University of Amazonas. Jeconias Câmara, DDS, MSc, is an adjunct professor and coordinator of the residency program of oral and maxillofacial pathology at the Federal University of Amazonas. Paulo Henrique Braz-Silva, DDS, PhD, is an assistant professor in the department of stomatology in the School of Dentistry and in the laboratory of virology at the Institute of Tropical Medicine of São Paulo,
School of Medicine at the University of São Paulo. Tatiana Nayara Libório-Kimura, DDS, PhD, is an associate professor in the department of pathology and legal medicine and vicecoordinator of the residency program of oral and maxillofacial pathology at the Federal University of Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil. Conflict of Interest Disclosure for all authors: None reported.
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he new coronavirus pandemic has become a true challenge for health professionals around the world, significantly affecting dental practitioners in private offices, universities and research institutes.1,2 The World Health Organization (WHO) declared this pandemic on March 11, 2020,3 and according to data from June 22, 2020, there were 8,860,331 confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide at that time, including 465,740 deaths, as reported by the WHO.4 Despite the increasing rise in studies on COVID-19 in both medical and dental contexts, little is known about the possible general effects of the disease in view of the countless variables related to geographical OC TOBER 2 0 2 0 517
