Risk for dental healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 global pandemic: An evidence-based assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Heightened anxiety among dental healthcare professionals (DHPs) during the COVID-19 pandemic stems from uncertainties about the effectiveness of personal protective equipment (PPE) against dental aerosols and risk levels of asymptomatic patients. Our objective was to assess the risks for DHPs providing dental care during the pandemic based on available scientific evidence.

Methods

We reviewed the best available evidence and estimated the annualized risk (p=d_as(1-1-p₀p₁(1-e)^yn) for a DHP during the COVID-19 pandemic based on the following basic parameters: p₀, the prevalence of asymptomatic patients in the local population; p₁, the probability that a DHP gets infected by an asymptomatic pa

SUBMITTER: Ren Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7368403 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature