China Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ›› 2020, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (3): 199-203.doi: 10.19438/j.cjoms.2020.03.002

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Suggestions for how to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 during oral surgeries

XUE Yang1, HAN Bing2, PAN Jian3, ZHOU Hong-zhi1, ZHOU Qing4, ZHAO Ji-hong5, CHEN Song-ling6, ZHANG Wei7, ZOU Duo-hong8, LIU Chang-kui9, HU Kai-jin1   

  1. 1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases. Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province;
    2. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University. Changchun 130021, Jilin Province;
    3. Department of Oral Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases. Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province;
    4. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School and Hospital of Stomatology, China Medical University, Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases. Shenyang 110001, Liaoning Province;
    5. Department of Oral Surgery, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education. Wuhan 430079, Hubei Province;
    6. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University. Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province;
    7. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Peking University. Beijing 100081;
    8. Department of Oral Surgery,College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology. Shanghai 200011;
    9. Department of Stomatology, Xi'an Medical University. Xi'an 710065,Shaanxi Province, China
  • Received:2020-03-05 Revised:2020-03-06 Published:2020-03-18

Abstract: With current outbreak and spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it was recognized that there was a great risk of infection during the process of diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases. As a result, all the optional oral and dental treatments were suspended. However, the staff in the field of oral surgery are on their duties and responsible for the emergent treatment of oral and maxillofacial trauma, infection and extraction of teeth with severe pain that can't be retained. Here, we proposed informative suggestions on the indications requiring emergent treatment, treatment principles, risk assessment, patient preparation, protection of the surgeons and nurses, with the hope to help doctors and nurses who carry out oral surgeries during this special period.

Key words: 2019-nCoV, Oral surgery, Protection of infection

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