Gargi Mukherjee*

Department of Dentistry, India

*Corresponding Author: Gargi Mukherjee, Department of Dentistry, India.

Received: July 28, 2021; Published: August 28, 2021

Abstract

  COVID refers to coronavirus disease 2019. This disease, which has been declared a pandemic spreads from one person to another through droplets when an infected person comes in close contact with a healthy person. The mode of spread through contaminated surfaces is still debatable as there is no clear evidence till date. The virus has myriad manifestations which include headache, fever, cough, sore throat, muscle and joint pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and pneumonia. This article is an overview on the effects of COVID-19 on oral health and the impact of good oral health in recovery from COVID.

Keywords: COVID-19; Periodontitis; Stress; Xerostomia; Cracked Teeth

References

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Citation

Citation: Gargi Mukherjee. “Impact of Covid-19 on Oral Health and Vice Versa”. Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 5.9 (2021): 158-159.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2021 Gargi Mukherjee. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.