Experience of patients diagnosed as asymptomatic COVID-19 after dental treatment
서주연, 이성탁, 최소영, 김진욱, 권태건,
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서주연 ( Seo Ju-Yeon ) - Kyungpook National University School of Dentistry Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
이성탁 ( Lee Sung-Tak ) - Kyungpook National University School of Dentistry Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
최소영 ( Choi So-Young ) - Kyungpook National University School of Dentistry Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
김진욱 ( Kim Jin-Wook ) - Kyungpook National University School of Dentistry Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
권태건 ( Kwon Tae-Geon ) - Kyungpook National University School of Dentistry Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Abstract
Background: The potential risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission from asymptomatic COVID-19 patients is a concern in dental practice. However, the impact of this risk is not well documented to date. This report describes our dental clinical experience with patients who did not exhibit symptoms of COVID-19 but were later confirmed as positive for COVID-19.
Case presentation: Of the 149,149 patients who visited the outpatient clinic of KNUDH and the 3291 patients who visited the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic of KNUH, 3 were later confirmed as having COVID-1 between 1 February 2020 and 28 February 2021. Owing to close contact with these patients during their treatments, 46 dental and medical staff had to undergo quarantine from the date of the patients’ confirmation of COVID-19 infection.
Conclusion: The presented cases showed the potential existence of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients after dental treatment with aerosol-generating procedures. Clinicians should be aware of the infection prevention measures and try to protect healthcare personnel from secondary infection of COVID-19 during dental treatments.
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COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Asymptomatic; Dental treatment; Personal protective equipment
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