Biosafety in Dental Practices Versus COVID-19 Outbreak

Authors

  • Ingrid Garcia Santos
  • Vívian Gonçalves Carvalho Souza
  • Guilherme Thomaz Verly da Silva
  • Aneliese Holetz de Toledo Lourenço
  • Laísa Araujo Cortines Laxe
  • Ana Carolina Morais Apolônio

Keywords:

Infection Control, Dental, Personal Protective Equipment, Delivery of Health Care

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the dentists' knowledge about biosafety considering the SARS-CoV-2 and the risks of increasing the COVID-19 outbreak by dental practices during the pandemic in Brazil. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed by internet-based snowball sampling technique. A questionnaire with questions about different content was applied, and then analyzed the following two parameters: participants’ Brazilian region and professional’s specialty. Results: A total of 413 e-questionnaires from all Brazilian regions were considered valid. There were no significant differences among biosafety measures adopted by participants from different Brazilian regions (p≥0.05), except for those from North region, which have applied less previous oral antisepsis, temperature screening, and specific anamnesis tracking COVID-19 symptoms (p<0.05). The unique use of N95 mask was positively associated with North region (p<0.05). Expert participants of Groups 2 (oral surgery and correlate areas) and 4 (orthodontics, oral radiology and facial jaw orthopedics) were more updated than other ones (p<0.05). Conclusion: The biosafety protocols applied by participants were not adequate for the epidemiologic status of COVID-19 in each region of Brazil, from 13th May to 17th June 2020. Specialties linked to microbiology area or structured social networks have better applied preventive measures for COVID-19.

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2021-11-12

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Santos, I. G. ., Souza, V. G. C. ., da Silva, G. T. V. ., Lourenço, A. H. de T. ., Laxe, L. A. C., & Apolônio, A. C. M. . (2021). Biosafety in Dental Practices Versus COVID-19 Outbreak. Pesquisa Brasileira Em Odontopediatria E Clínica Integrada, 21, e0193. Retrieved from https://revista.uepb.edu.br/PBOCI/article/view/655

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