id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-354619-pftjhtpo Farronato, Marco A Call for Action to Safely Deliver Oral Health Care during and Post COVID-19 Pandemic 2020-09-15 .txt text/plain 5041 258 49 The oral cavity is purported to be one of the main host sites, both for entry and transmission, implicated in SARS-CoV-2 spread either through contact, droplet, aerosols, or saliva. Evidence suggests that the classic mechanism of transmission, contact and droplet spread, can be contained mostly by isolating symptomatic patients and by the use of facial masks/facial coverings, which de facto provides a physical barrier to the oral cavity and nose, the primary source of infection for droplets and larger aerosol particles. Following the above proposed guidelines, no cases COVID-19 disease transmission after single or multiple dental consultations was registered among the DHCW or patients. Classified as operative and non-operative, depending on their ability to work in the oral cavity or/and provide an essential outside support, the DHCW and the patients visiting the dental practice are undeniably at higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and further transmission [41] . ./cache/cord-354619-pftjhtpo.txt ./txt/cord-354619-pftjhtpo.txt