COVID-19 Safety Protocols in Dental Clinical Education in the Second Wave

ABSTRACT: This second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the development of strategies for guaranteeing clinical teaching in dental schools and adapt it to this new epidemiological situation protecting the health of all staff, stud ents, patients and persons accompanying them. We reviewed a to...

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Autores principales: Lenguas-Silva,Ana Leticia, Mateos-Moreno,Maria Victoria, García-Vicent,Germán, Lamas-Oliveira,Marta, Martín-Morales,José Francisco, Valdepeñas-Morales,Javier, Garcillán-Izquierdo,Maria Rosario
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Publicado: Universidad de La Frontera. Facultad de Medicina 2021
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-381X20210001000592021-02-16COVID-19 Safety Protocols in Dental Clinical Education in the Second WaveLenguas-Silva,Ana LeticiaMateos-Moreno,Maria VictoriaGarcía-Vicent,GermánLamas-Oliveira,MartaMartín-Morales,José FranciscoValdepeñas-Morales,JavierGarcillán-Izquierdo,Maria Rosario dental schools dental education prevention COVID-19 SARS-CoV2 ABSTRACT: This second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the development of strategies for guaranteeing clinical teaching in dental schools and adapt it to this new epidemiological situation protecting the health of all staff, stud ents, patients and persons accompanying them. We reviewed a total of 51 documents, including articles and guidelines or recommendations issued by dental schools, scientific societies and other institutions, in order to take stock of the current evidence available about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dental schools. We describe a series of measures to implement in semi-critical and critical areas of dental schools to guarantee the safety of all and the continuity of the clinic al training of students. These include: mobility circuits, appropriate distancing, patient scheduling, telephone triage, personal protective equipments, measures to reduce viral transmission by air ventilation and several other actions specific to low or high aerosol generating by treatments. Dental schools must be prepared and implement the necessary measures according to the level of infection risk during face-to-face activities, especially in clinics, which provide essential formation and imp ossible to acquire online. Dental schools should focus on prioritizing preventive and minimally invasive dentistry minimizing aerosol generating procedures whenever possible. More than ever, the international cooperation among universities for the elaboration of protocols is essential. These protocols must ensure the health of everyone in this new second wave of the pandemic and in possible future epidemiological scenarios.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de La Frontera. Facultad de MedicinaInternational journal of odontostomatology v.15 n.1 20212021-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-381X2021000100059en10.4067/S0718-381X2021000100059
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dental education
prevention
COVID-19
SARS-CoV2
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dental education
prevention
COVID-19
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Lenguas-Silva,Ana Leticia
Mateos-Moreno,Maria Victoria
García-Vicent,Germán
Lamas-Oliveira,Marta
Martín-Morales,José Francisco
Valdepeñas-Morales,Javier
Garcillán-Izquierdo,Maria Rosario
COVID-19 Safety Protocols in Dental Clinical Education in the Second Wave
description ABSTRACT: This second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the development of strategies for guaranteeing clinical teaching in dental schools and adapt it to this new epidemiological situation protecting the health of all staff, stud ents, patients and persons accompanying them. We reviewed a total of 51 documents, including articles and guidelines or recommendations issued by dental schools, scientific societies and other institutions, in order to take stock of the current evidence available about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dental schools. We describe a series of measures to implement in semi-critical and critical areas of dental schools to guarantee the safety of all and the continuity of the clinic al training of students. These include: mobility circuits, appropriate distancing, patient scheduling, telephone triage, personal protective equipments, measures to reduce viral transmission by air ventilation and several other actions specific to low or high aerosol generating by treatments. Dental schools must be prepared and implement the necessary measures according to the level of infection risk during face-to-face activities, especially in clinics, which provide essential formation and imp ossible to acquire online. Dental schools should focus on prioritizing preventive and minimally invasive dentistry minimizing aerosol generating procedures whenever possible. More than ever, the international cooperation among universities for the elaboration of protocols is essential. These protocols must ensure the health of everyone in this new second wave of the pandemic and in possible future epidemiological scenarios.
author Lenguas-Silva,Ana Leticia
Mateos-Moreno,Maria Victoria
García-Vicent,Germán
Lamas-Oliveira,Marta
Martín-Morales,José Francisco
Valdepeñas-Morales,Javier
Garcillán-Izquierdo,Maria Rosario
author_facet Lenguas-Silva,Ana Leticia
Mateos-Moreno,Maria Victoria
García-Vicent,Germán
Lamas-Oliveira,Marta
Martín-Morales,José Francisco
Valdepeñas-Morales,Javier
Garcillán-Izquierdo,Maria Rosario
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title COVID-19 Safety Protocols in Dental Clinical Education in the Second Wave
title_short COVID-19 Safety Protocols in Dental Clinical Education in the Second Wave
title_full COVID-19 Safety Protocols in Dental Clinical Education in the Second Wave
title_fullStr COVID-19 Safety Protocols in Dental Clinical Education in the Second Wave
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publisher Universidad de La Frontera. Facultad de Medicina
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