COVID-19: The invisible risk to oral healthcare workers in dentistry
| dc.contributor.author | Mulder, Riaan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-14T07:19:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-04-14T07:19:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Oral healthcare workers (OHCW) include any professional who can work in a dental practice setting, for example dentists, dental hygienists, dental therapists, dental assistants and denturists. Dentistry, as a profession, faces an overall elevated risk of exposure to a wide variety of infectious diseases originating from viruses and bacteria. There are numerous pathways of potential exposure to these micro-organisms. Additionally, OHCW carry a very high risk of Covid-19 transmission as a result of face-to-face communication and close proximity during dental procedures with patients, as the oral cavity and the respiratory tract can contain and transmit Covid-19. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mulder, R. (2021). COVID-19: The invisible risk to oral healthcare workers in dentistry. Signals, (2) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | www.uwc.ac.za | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/6014 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | José Frantz | en_US |
| dc.subject | Covid-19 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Oral healthcare workers | en_US |
| dc.subject | High risk of Covid-19 exposure | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dental practice | en_US |
| dc.title | COVID-19: The invisible risk to oral healthcare workers in dentistry | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |