Biossegurança em ambiente odontológico frente à pandemia de Covid-19

Abstract

The COVID19 pandemic has brought challenges to dental professionals regarding the prevention of transmission in offices. Physical proximity, the generation of bioaerosols, contact with saliva and other fluids generated in the procedures are the main risk factors for infection in this type of environment. The objective of this study was to review the literature on changes in d ental clinics in such perspectives . Publitions in English, Spanish or Portuguese indexed in Pubmed and Scielo between 2020 and 2022, and by the f ed from Scielo and 57 eral government, were recovered. 98 articles were retrieved, 41 from PubMed, of which 14 and 26 articles were selected, respectively, according to the purpose of the study; an Anvisa clinical guide was also included. The new coronavirus pandemic represented a division biosafety of dental services, s in the occupational o that a “new clinical practice” was established regarding the triage and scheduling of patients, restructuring and cleaning of offices, improvement of personal protective equipment, eligibility for nonminimizing the use of airwater syringe, invasive and dental spittoon and high and low rotation parts, with an emphasis on reducing the generation of bioaerosols, to minimize the risk of infection by the new coronavirus in dental practice.