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Recommendations by the Spanish Society of Epidemiology and Oral Public Health (SESPO) for the healthcare adaptation of public health dental clinics in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 pandemic and, a few days later, the Spanish Government declared a State of Emergency and the population lockdown. This crisis situation crisis forced deep changes in health care. At dental care level, it became nece...
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Medicina Oral S.L.
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7700781/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33282140 http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.57937 |
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author | Trullols-Casas, María del Carmen Ausina-Márquez, Verónica Martínez-Beneyto, Yolanda Martínez-Sanz, Elena Llamas-Ortuño, Eulalia Expósito-Delgado, Antonio Almerich-Torres, Teresa Mateos-Moreno, Victoria Blanco-González, José-Maria |
author_facet | Trullols-Casas, María del Carmen Ausina-Márquez, Verónica Martínez-Beneyto, Yolanda Martínez-Sanz, Elena Llamas-Ortuño, Eulalia Expósito-Delgado, Antonio Almerich-Torres, Teresa Mateos-Moreno, Victoria Blanco-González, José-Maria |
author_sort | Trullols-Casas, María del Carmen |
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description | BACKGROUND: In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 pandemic and, a few days later, the Spanish Government declared a State of Emergency and the population lockdown. This crisis situation crisis forced deep changes in health care. At dental care level, it became necessary for both public health services and private consultations to plan changes to enable them to face this healthcare challenge. MATERIAL AND METHODS: SESPO and the General Council of Dentists of Spain (CGDE) appointed a Working Group to prepare a protocol for dental clinics after the lockdown stage. Continuing with this teamwork task, a series of recommendations addressed to public health managers and the dental workforce were agreed, according to the COVID-19 protection protocols, with the evidence available at the time of their preparation. RESULTS: The SESPO Working Group prepared a schedule with recommendations to be taken. The CGDE presented this document to the Ministry of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare, and SESPO emailed it to all the Health Councils of the autonomous regions. The document was also uploaded to the CGDE and SESPO websites and was emailed to all SESPO associated members. CONCLUSIONS: Keeping in mind the existing territorial variation, both at the organization level of dental public health services, and at the care level (especially in child preventive programs and care for pregnant women), this health crisis has highlighted the importance of teamwork. It is necessary to unify the standards for all dental health care units in the national territory in challenging times. Key words:COVID-19, Dental public health, dental care, dentistry, primary care, infection, SARS-CoV-2. |
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spelling | pubmed-77007812020-12-04 Recommendations by the Spanish Society of Epidemiology and Oral Public Health (SESPO) for the healthcare adaptation of public health dental clinics in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic Trullols-Casas, María del Carmen Ausina-Márquez, Verónica Martínez-Beneyto, Yolanda Martínez-Sanz, Elena Llamas-Ortuño, Eulalia Expósito-Delgado, Antonio Almerich-Torres, Teresa Mateos-Moreno, Victoria Blanco-González, José-Maria J Clin Exp Dent Review BACKGROUND: In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 pandemic and, a few days later, the Spanish Government declared a State of Emergency and the population lockdown. This crisis situation crisis forced deep changes in health care. At dental care level, it became necessary for both public health services and private consultations to plan changes to enable them to face this healthcare challenge. MATERIAL AND METHODS: SESPO and the General Council of Dentists of Spain (CGDE) appointed a Working Group to prepare a protocol for dental clinics after the lockdown stage. Continuing with this teamwork task, a series of recommendations addressed to public health managers and the dental workforce were agreed, according to the COVID-19 protection protocols, with the evidence available at the time of their preparation. RESULTS: The SESPO Working Group prepared a schedule with recommendations to be taken. The CGDE presented this document to the Ministry of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare, and SESPO emailed it to all the Health Councils of the autonomous regions. The document was also uploaded to the CGDE and SESPO websites and was emailed to all SESPO associated members. CONCLUSIONS: Keeping in mind the existing territorial variation, both at the organization level of dental public health services, and at the care level (especially in child preventive programs and care for pregnant women), this health crisis has highlighted the importance of teamwork. It is necessary to unify the standards for all dental health care units in the national territory in challenging times. Key words:COVID-19, Dental public health, dental care, dentistry, primary care, infection, SARS-CoV-2. Medicina Oral S.L. 2020-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7700781/ /pubmed/33282140 http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.57937 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Medicina Oral S.L. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ 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 work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Trullols-Casas, María del Carmen Ausina-Márquez, Verónica Martínez-Beneyto, Yolanda Martínez-Sanz, Elena Llamas-Ortuño, Eulalia Expósito-Delgado, Antonio Almerich-Torres, Teresa Mateos-Moreno, Victoria Blanco-González, José-Maria Recommendations by the Spanish Society of Epidemiology and Oral Public Health (SESPO) for the healthcare adaptation of public health dental clinics in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title | Recommendations by the Spanish Society of Epidemiology and Oral Public Health (SESPO) for the healthcare adaptation of public health dental clinics in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full | Recommendations by the Spanish Society of Epidemiology and Oral Public Health (SESPO) for the healthcare adaptation of public health dental clinics in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_fullStr | Recommendations by the Spanish Society of Epidemiology and Oral Public Health (SESPO) for the healthcare adaptation of public health dental clinics in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Recommendations by the Spanish Society of Epidemiology and Oral Public Health (SESPO) for the healthcare adaptation of public health dental clinics in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_short | Recommendations by the Spanish Society of Epidemiology and Oral Public Health (SESPO) for the healthcare adaptation of public health dental clinics in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_sort | recommendations by the spanish society of epidemiology and oral public health (sespo) for the healthcare adaptation of public health dental clinics in spain during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7700781/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33282140 http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.57937 |
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