COVID-19 Dental Elf Blogs -4

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Since the 25th of March we have published a number of dental blogs relevant to COVID-19.

The blogs cover topics such as dental teams’ generic risk of disease, baseline risk of covid-19, asymptomatic patients and the risk of community spread, digital thermometers, mouthwash use, surgical mask types, gown types, eye protection, face shields, PPE donning order, free-standing clean air machines, accuracy of covid-19 diagnostic tests, international recommendations for re-opening or re-structuring dental services and guideline development.

  • Blogs published between the 25th March and 17th May 2020 appear on a page initially published on the 15th May and are available via this link.
  • Blogs published between the 18th -26th May appear on a page initially published on the 22nd May and are available via this link
  • Blogs published between the 27th May 27th July 2020 appear on a page initially published on the 15th June and are available via this link.
  • Blogs published since the 27th July 2020 appear below.

 

19th October

Aerosol generating procedures: minimising production during dental procedures

 

12th October

Saliva in the diagnosis of COVID-19

 

3rd August

Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR) use for prevention of highly infectious viral disease in healthcare workers

 

31st July

Aerosol generating procedures (AGPs) and their mitigation in international guidelines: Fallow time

 

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