key: cord-0802577-l66pank0
authors: Li, Duo; Yang, Liu
title: Re: Use of mouthwashes against COVID-19 in dentistry
date: 2021-12-02
journal: Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2021.08.012
sha: 5a428be2c9ce1ed70c5581d9729efb6f1f8d438d
doc_id: 802577
cord_uid: l66pank0

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Duo Li 2 ,Liu Yang 1 * Meanwhile, the effectiveness of sodium hypochlorite against virus including feline human influenza virus, measles virus , human herpesvirus, human adenovirus, and murine hepatitis virus whose many structural and genetic similarities with SARS-CoV has been suggested, so it is likely that should also be effective at inactivating SARS-CoV-2 4, 5 . Mouthwashes of dilute sodium hypochlorite should be fully recommended as effective prevention of coronavirus before oral diseases treatment during the COVID-19 outbreak..

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