Protocolo de bioseguridad para un retorno seguro aplicado en los centros de especialidades odontológicas de la Universidad Católica de Cuenca sede Azogues

Abstract

Introduction: Covid-19 is a deadly and highly contagious disease that will last for a long time affecting in a significant way the healthcare profession and life all over the world. Dentistry has gone through several stages of clinical development in the management of treatment control, protective barriers, and patient care time. Objective: This review aimed to structure a biosafety protocol for a safe return in dental specialty centers at the Azogues Dental School. Methodology: A documentary review was conducted through the search in databases such as Scopus, Sciclo, Google Scholar, Pubmed; the keywords were: covid 19- sars-cov-2- dental protocols-covid-19- sars-cov-2 virus in dentistry- pandemic, and its English counterparts: Coronavirus Infections- dental care, manifestations, dental practice management; transmission; virology; dental public health; infection control; according to the descriptors DeCs and MeSH. The search was complemented by using AND-OR-NOT Boolean operators. Results: The protocol presented a structure of care before, during, and after dental care, prioritizing triage, biosecurity control using barriers, disinfection of environments, and special considerations by the clinical area. Conclusions: It is necessary to carry out and update dental care protocols, even more so in the case of academic training clinics, which at the moment aim guarantee safe work in an environment with strict biosafety control due to endemic establishment of covid 19.