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Characteristics of Oral Manifestations in Symptomatic Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study on a Sample of the Saudi Population
PURPOSE: Few case reports and letters to the editor have been published regarding oral signs and symptoms in COVID-19 patients. The aim of the study therefore is to investigate different types of oral manifestations in COVID-19 patients as well as their prevalence. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study is...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8670857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34916836 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S331611 |
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author | Natto, Zuhair S Afeef, Marwah Khalil, Dalia Kutubaldin, Dina Dehaithem, Maryam Alzahrani, Ali Ashi, Heba |
author_facet | Natto, Zuhair S Afeef, Marwah Khalil, Dalia Kutubaldin, Dina Dehaithem, Maryam Alzahrani, Ali Ashi, Heba |
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description | PURPOSE: Few case reports and letters to the editor have been published regarding oral signs and symptoms in COVID-19 patients. The aim of the study therefore is to investigate different types of oral manifestations in COVID-19 patients as well as their prevalence. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study is a cross-sectional study from a single medical center. A convenience sample was taken from all patients who were COVID-19 confirmed, symptomatic, and non-hospitalized. Demographic information, medical and travel history, general symptoms, and clinical examination results of the oral cavity were collected. RESULTS: This study included a total of 109 patients. Loss of taste was the most common oral manifestation of COVID-19 (43.4%), followed by erythema/desquamated gingivitis and coated tongue (7.3% each) and ulcers/blisters (6.4%). Loss of taste was the only symptom persisting for 10 days. Oral manifestations appeared as a single symptom (79.3%), and dorsum of tongue was the most common oral location (72.4%). CONCLUSION: Loss of taste was the most prevalent specific reported oral manifestation. Other nonspecific oral lesions/symptoms are controversial. It has been suggested that oral examinations of COVID-19 patients should be conducted as part of routine examinations to investigate any possible correlation between the disease and the oral cavity. |
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spelling | pubmed-86708572021-12-15 Characteristics of Oral Manifestations in Symptomatic Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study on a Sample of the Saudi Population Natto, Zuhair S Afeef, Marwah Khalil, Dalia Kutubaldin, Dina Dehaithem, Maryam Alzahrani, Ali Ashi, Heba Int J Gen Med Original Research PURPOSE: Few case reports and letters to the editor have been published regarding oral signs and symptoms in COVID-19 patients. The aim of the study therefore is to investigate different types of oral manifestations in COVID-19 patients as well as their prevalence. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study is a cross-sectional study from a single medical center. A convenience sample was taken from all patients who were COVID-19 confirmed, symptomatic, and non-hospitalized. Demographic information, medical and travel history, general symptoms, and clinical examination results of the oral cavity were collected. RESULTS: This study included a total of 109 patients. Loss of taste was the most common oral manifestation of COVID-19 (43.4%), followed by erythema/desquamated gingivitis and coated tongue (7.3% each) and ulcers/blisters (6.4%). Loss of taste was the only symptom persisting for 10 days. Oral manifestations appeared as a single symptom (79.3%), and dorsum of tongue was the most common oral location (72.4%). CONCLUSION: Loss of taste was the most prevalent specific reported oral manifestation. Other nonspecific oral lesions/symptoms are controversial. It has been suggested that oral examinations of COVID-19 patients should be conducted as part of routine examinations to investigate any possible correlation between the disease and the oral cavity. Dove 2021-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8670857/ /pubmed/34916836 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S331611 Text en © 2021 Natto et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Natto, Zuhair S Afeef, Marwah Khalil, Dalia Kutubaldin, Dina Dehaithem, Maryam Alzahrani, Ali Ashi, Heba Characteristics of Oral Manifestations in Symptomatic Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study on a Sample of the Saudi Population |
title | Characteristics of Oral Manifestations in Symptomatic Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study on a Sample of the Saudi Population |
title_full | Characteristics of Oral Manifestations in Symptomatic Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study on a Sample of the Saudi Population |
title_fullStr | Characteristics of Oral Manifestations in Symptomatic Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study on a Sample of the Saudi Population |
title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of Oral Manifestations in Symptomatic Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study on a Sample of the Saudi Population |
title_short | Characteristics of Oral Manifestations in Symptomatic Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study on a Sample of the Saudi Population |
title_sort | characteristics of oral manifestations in symptomatic non-hospitalized covid-19 patients: a cross-sectional study on a sample of the saudi population |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8670857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34916836 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S331611 |
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