Dental calculus - An emerging bio resource for past SARS CoV2 detection, studying its evolution and relationship with oral microflora.

ABSTRACT: The most grievous threat to human health has been witnessed worldwide with the recent outbreak of Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19). There is mounting evidence available regarding theconnect of COVID -19 and oral cavity, particularly periodontal disease. The current review provides an update on the diagnostic potential of dental calculus and how this bio resource may help in providing us huge amount of diagnostic regarding the causative virus. Contemporary standard method of diagnosis via nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) is tedious, may enhance the risk of aerosol contamination by inducing sneezing and detects the presence of active infection only.However,dental calculus being a mineralized deposit serves as a reservoir for biomoleculesand provides detection of past SARS CoV2 infection. Furth

SUBMITTER: Kaur Boparai A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10023199 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature