Mouthwash to defeat COVID-19? –An update

Authors : Ooha B , Surabhi Rajram, Ratnakar P , Veerendra Patil, Sudha Mattigatti

DOI : 10.18231/j.idjsr.2021.017

Volume : 9

Issue : 2

Year : 2021

Page No : 88-93

Dental experts work closely with patients and present an expanded danger of individual to-individual transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Also, the utilization of ultrasonic scalers, air-water needles, and moderate and high velocity airoter handpieces, which are regular in the dental office, produce splash and aerosols. The utilization of preprocedural mouthrinses has been proposed to lessen the viral burden in saliva and oropharyngeal tissues, consequently diminishing viral burden in dental aerosols. Although some mouthrinses exhibit an antiviral impact, there is restricted proof about the clinical adequacy of any mouthrinse in the decrease of SARS-CoV-2 in the dental aerosols.

Keywords: Covid­ 19, SARS CoV­2, Mouthwash, Preprocedure, Aerosol, Antimicrobial Mouthrinse, Mucormycosis.

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