The role of preprocedural mouth rinse application in decreasing COVID-19 transmission in Dental Care Settings: A mini-review
1 Department of Oral and maxillofacial pathology, Dental school, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2 Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 International Campus, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Review Article
Open Access Research Journal of Biology and Pharmacy, 2022, 05(01), 001–006.
Article DOI: 10.53022/oarjbp.2022.5.1.0040
Publication history:
Received on 29 March 2022; revised on 04 May 2022; accepted on 06 May 2022
Abstract:
The COVID-19 virus present in saliva and respiratory droplets is a possible high-risk source of viral transmission in health care settings. Dental practitioners and dentists in particular are highly susceptible to virus acquisition from their source patients. Mouthwashes before dental examination and procedures may be one possible solution to decrease the viral burden in the mouth, hence reducing transmission probability. Application of hydrogen peroxide, cetylpyridinium chloride, povidone-iodine, and chlorhexidine have been proposed to achieve this target. This paper aims to investigate for evidence in the literature for a decrease in the viral burden following preprocedural application of different mouthwashes.
Keywords:
Covid-19; Mouthwash; Chlorhexidine; Cetylpyridinium chloride; Povidone-Iodine; Hydrogen peroxide
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