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Coronavirus Disease-2019 and dental practice: A project on the use of ozonized water in the water circuit of the dental armchair

Elena Bardellini¹, Francesca Amadori¹, Federica Veneri¹, Giulio Conti², Alessandra Majorana¹

Summary

A novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is associated with human-to-human transmission. From its beginning in December 2019, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has spread globally from Wuhan and is now declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). The person-to-person transmission routes of 2019-nCoV includes direct transmission, such as cough, sneeze, droplet inhalation transmission, and contact transmission, such as the contact with oral, nasal and eye mucous membranes. The participants in dental practice are exposed to a severe risk of 2019-nCoV infections because of the face-to-face communication and the exposure to saliva, blood, and other body fluids. Dental professionals play great roles in preventing the transmission of 2019-nCoV. Since ozone has a proven anti-viral action, we present a project on the use of ozonized water in the water circuit of the dental armchair, in order to lower the viral load during dental practice in dental clinics and hospitals.

Key words: COVID-19, ozone, dentist, decontamination.

Received: 01 06 2020

Accepted for publishing: 24 06 2020

¹Department of Medical and Surgical Specialities, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, Dental School, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

²Department of Oral Surgery, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Address correspondence to Elena Bardellini, Dental Clinic, p.le Spedali Civili 1, 25 133 Brescia, Italy.

E-mail address: elena.bardellini@unibs.it



	Baltic Dental and Maxillofacial Journal

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