Open AccessTHE CONNECTION BETWEEN ORAL HEALTH AND COVID-19 SEVERITY
Author(s) -
Unnati Gedam,
Deshraj Jain,
Amit Varma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical science and diagnosis research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-7837
pISSN - 2581-3935
DOI - 10.32553/ijmsdr.v5i5.790
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , oral hygiene , pandemic , disease , oral health , hygiene , obesity , quality of life (healthcare) , intensive care medicine , environmental health , infectious disease (medical specialty) , family medicine , virology , dentistry , pathology , nursing , outbreak
“Oral health is a reflection of the physiological, social, and psychological factors that are essential to our quality of life”. COVID -19 is becoming a threat all over the world. Obesity, diabetes, and hypertension are common underlying conditions in patients that develop serious COVID-19 complications. In the meantime, evidence of a correlation between oral health and severity of COVID-19 disease is growing, According to various studies, the particular ingredient in some affordable and readily available mouthwash products is highly effective at inactivating the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. Simple oral hygiene measures may help reduce the risk of the novel coronavirus spreading from the mouth to the lungs, as well as prevent serious COVID-19 infections. This article briefly reports the importance of oral hygiene and its link with COVID-19 severity.
Keywords: COVID-19, Oral health, severity, global pandemic