id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-294692-qfz6a1kc Ortega, Karem L. SARS-CoV-2 and dentistry 2020-06-05 .txt text/plain 1014 56 49 The identification that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a virus transmitted through airways or by direct contact with the mucosas [2] has prompted the dental community to become alert. They concluded that human coronavirus on inanimate surfaces could be inactivated by using ethanol (62-71%), hydrogen peroxide (0.5%) or sodium hypochlorite (0.1%) for 1 min, whereas other substances such as benzalkonium chloride (0.05% and 0.2%) and chlorhexidine digluconate (0.02%) were less effective. The authors also pointed out that although no study had tested the virucidal capacity of those agents against SARS-CoV-2, they expected a similar effect against this virus [5] . However, the suggestion to use mouthwash with 1% hydrogen peroxide or 0.2% povidone in order to decrease the viral load in saliva, based on the idea that SARS-CoV-2 would be vulnerable to oxidation, does not seem to be based on scientific evidence to date. ./cache/cord-294692-qfz6a1kc.txt ./txt/cord-294692-qfz6a1kc.txt