Abstract
People with disabilities are challenged managing their oral hygiene and more often burdened with oral diseases. They often require immediate dental treatment for severe pain and greater precautions are needed to cope with COVID-19. The potential for COVID-19 infection can be relatively high in patients with disabilities due to concomitant systemic diseases, unique individual circumstances, relationship with caregivers and the living conditions of long-term care facilities, which make them vulnerable to the virus. For behavior management, dental treatment is often provided under general anesthesia with meticulous preoperative evaluation and the use of high-quality viral filters. In response to COVID-19, additional considerations should be taken for dental procedures on patients with special needs. These recommendations for dental treatment of the disabled are based on 6 months of authors COVID-19 pandemic experience.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, coronavirus, Dental Treatment, Patients with disabilities, Virus filter, 【초록키워드】 Treatment, Diseases, COVID-19 pandemic, virus, COVID-19 infection, management, Patient, Disabled, Pain, Precaution, Care, hygiene, systemic diseases, preoperative evaluation, general anesthesia, recommendation, greater, provided, condition, unique, with COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 Treatment, COVID-19 pandemic, Patient,