Iris Publishers Journal of Dentistry & Oral Health

Abstract The world is experiencing the ninth Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-Coronavirus infection; the pandemic of 2020 cause by the SARSCoV- 2 (SARS-CoV-19) virus. The dental profession, the country and the world are unprepared for this event. This tragedy provides an opportunity to learn the steps that occur between cause and effects. A method is presented here for professional review that demonstrates a way patients may be helped in protecting themselves from these events through delivering and maintaining a 1/7% concentration of hydrogen peroxide (Perio Gel™) in the oral environment at the salivary duct openings using a custom formed FDA cleared medical device (Perio Tray™) [Perio Protect LLC, St Louis, Mo]. Read More About This Article:  https://irispublishers.com/ojdoh/fulltext/perio-protect-method-to-deliver.ID.000550.php Read More  Iris Publishers Google Scholar  Articles:  https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&use...

  Authored by  Yuh Baba *, Opinion Recommendation for dental care during the COVID-19 pandemic was reported [1]. The authors present recommendations for (i) patient risk assessment, (ii) patient triage, and (iii) measures to prevent infection of health professionals and nosocomial transmission in dental clinics. With regard to patient triage, the authors classified dental treatments according to their emergency level. Their insistence consists of abscess drainage and tooth extraction due to acute pain as the “urgent level”, extraction of teeth due to chronic pain, pain from broken ortho-appliance, and so on the “as soon as possible level”, and finally, elective extraction and periodontal treatment as the “postpone level”. Among them, we have serious concerns about classifying elective periodontal treatment as the “postpone level”. Patients with periodontal disease have an increasing risk in developing subsequent systemic diseases including diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascula...