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标题：Oral Health and COVID-19: Increasing the Need for Prevention and Access
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作者：Zachary Brian ; Jane A. Weintraub
期刊名称：Preventing Chronic Disease
印刷版ISSN：1545-1151
出版年度：2020
卷号：17
页码：1
DOI：10.5888/pcd17.200266
出版社：Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
摘要：Populations disproportionately affected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are also at higher risk for oral diseases and experience oral health and oral health care disparities at higher rates. COVID-19 has led to closure and reduced hours of dental practices except for emergency and urgent services, limiting routine care and prevention. Dental care includes aerosol-generating procedures that can increase viral transmission. The pandemic offers an opportunity for the dental profession to shift more toward nonaerosolizing, prevention-centric approaches to care and away from surgical interventions. Regulatory barrier changes to oral health care access during the pandemic could have a favorable impact if sustained into the future.