Authors : Vinay S Dua, Vinay S Dua, Amandeep Kaur, Amandeep Kaur, Ankit Sikri, Ankit Sikri, Mitasha Sachdeva, Mitasha Sachdeva
DOI : 10.18231/j.jdp.2021.023
Volume : 3
Issue : 3
Year : 2021
Page No : 102-105
A new coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) was detected in China at the end of 2019 and has since caused a worldwide pandemic. This virus is responsible for an acute respiratory syndrome (COVID-19), distinguished by a potentially lethal interstitial bilateral pneumonia. As Sars-CoV-2 is highly infective through airborne contamination, the high infection risk in the dental environment is a serious problem for both professional practitioners and patients. This literature overview at analyzing various reports available on oral symptoms along with possible causation, their relationship to the time of occurrence of clinical symptoms of this global pandemic.
Keywords: Ageusia, Anosmia, COVID19, Oral Lesions