Guidelines for oral and maxillofacial imaging: COVID-19 considerations
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MacDonald, David SColosi, Dan C
Mupparapu, Muralidhar
Kumar, Vandana
Shintaku, Werner H
Ahmad, Mansur
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2020-10-26Journal
Oral surgery, Oral medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral RadiologyPublisher
Elsevier Ltd.Type
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus causing the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, is not only highly infectious but can induce serious outcomes in vulnerable individuals including dental patients and dental health care personnel (DHCPs). Responses to COVID-19 have been published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Dental Association, but a more specific response is required for the safe practice of oral and maxillofacial radiology. We aim to review the current knowledge of how the disease threatens patients and DHCPs and how to determine which patients are likely to be SARS-CoV-2 infected; consider how the use of personal protective equipment and infection control measures based on current best practices and science can reduce the risk of disease transmission during radiologic procedures; and examine how intraoral radiography, with its potentially greater risk of spreading the disease, might be replaced by extraoral radiographic techniques for certain diagnostic tasks. This is complemented by a flowchart that can be displayed in all dental offices.Rights/Terms
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Keyword
COVID-19--prevention & controlRadiography
Radiography, Dental
Stomatognathic Diseases--diagnostic imaging
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http://hdl.handle.net/10713/14304ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.oooo.2020.10.017
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