IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v17y2020i11p3751-d362961.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Model for Taking Care of Patients with Early Childhood Caries during the SARS-Cov-2 Pandemic

Author

Listed:
  • Stefano Cianetti

    (Biomedical Sciences, Unit of Paediatric Dentistry, University of Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy)

  • Stefano Pagano

    (Biomedical Sciences, Unit of Paediatric Dentistry, University of Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy)

  • Michele Nardone

    (Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale, Melegnano e della Martesana, 20070 Milano, Regione Lombardia, Italy)

  • Guido Lombardo

    (Biomedical Sciences, Unit of Paediatric Dentistry, University of Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy)

Abstract

Pending the availability of vaccines to contain the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the current solution is “social distancing” with a reduction of dental treatments to those assessed as urgent and emergency cases. These treatments also involve Early Childhood Caries (ECC) due to the fact that this disease affects preschool children (a vulnerable population) and, in addition, shows a propensity to evolve into more serious complications (dental pain, infections). A narrative review was carried out to support a protocol for treating ECC with efficacious and safe (in terms of SARS-CoV-2 transmission) procedures. Protocol involves criteria for patients’ selection remotely (telemedicine), and well-detailed criteria/equipment and hygiene procedures to combat against SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Moreover, the protocol proposes innovative caries treatments, named Minimally Invasive Treatments (MITs), well known in pedodontics for their high level of children’s acceptance during dental care. MITs allow for caries removal (particularly in primary teeth) without any high-speed rotating instrument cooled with nebulized air-water spray (with high risk of virus environmental diffusion), usually adopted during traditional treatments. For evaluating MITs effectiveness in caries management, only Systematic Review and Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) were included in our study, without any risk of bias assessment. The indications proposed in this protocol could support clinicians for the temporary management of ECC until the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic ends.

Suggested Citation

  • Stefano Cianetti & Stefano Pagano & Michele Nardone & Guido Lombardo, 2020. "Model for Taking Care of Patients with Early Childhood Caries during the SARS-Cov-2 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(11), pages 1-17, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:11:p:3751-:d:362961
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/11/3751/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/11/3751/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Duangporn Duangthip & Kitty Jieyi Chen & Sherry Shiqian Gao & Edward Chin Man Lo & Chun Hung Chu, 2017. "Managing Early Childhood Caries with Atraumatic Restorative Treatment and Topical Silver and Fluoride Agents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-13, October.
    2. Sherry Shiqian Gao & Irene Shuping Zhao & Steve Duffin & Duangporn Duangthip & Edward Chin Man Lo & Chun Hung Chu, 2018. "Revitalising Silver Nitrate for Caries Management," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, January.
    3. Steffen Mickenautsch & Veerasamy Yengopal, 2016. "Caries-Preventive Effect of High-Viscosity Glass Ionomer and Resin-Based Fissure Sealants on Permanent Teeth: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(1), pages 1-19, January.
    4. Siying Tao & Yan Zhu & He Yuan & Sibei Tao & Yiming Cheng & Jiyao Li & Libang He, 2018. "Efficacy of fluorides and CPP-ACP vs fluorides monotherapy on early caries lesions: A systematic review and meta-analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(4), pages 1-13, April.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Rohan Diwakar & Anuraj Singh Kochhar & Harshita Gupta & Harneet Kaur & Maninder Singh Sidhu & Helen Skountrianos & Gurkeerat Singh & Michele Tepedino, 2021. "Effect of Craniofacial Morphology on Pharyngeal Airway Volume Measured Using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT)—A Retrospective Pilot Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-11, May.
    2. Stefano Cianetti & Chiara Valenti & Massimiliano Orso & Giuseppe Lomurno & Michele Nardone & Anna Palma Lomurno & Stefano Pagano & Guido Lombardo, 2021. "Systematic Review of the Literature on Dental Caries and Periodontal Disease in Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Individuals," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-22, November.
    3. Constantin Ciucurel & Elena Ioana Iconaru, 2020. "An Epidemiological Study on the Prevalence of the Clinical Features of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Romanian People," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(14), pages 1-19, July.
    4. Ruba M. Mustafa & Ruwaida Z. Alshali & Dalea M. Bukhary, 2020. "Dentists’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Awareness of Infection Control Measures during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Cross-Sectional Study in Saudi Arabia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(23), pages 1-14, December.
    5. Javier Santabarbara & Nahia Idoiaga & Naiara Ozamiz-Etxebarria & Juan Bueno-Notivol, 2021. "Prevalence of Anxiety in Dental Students during the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Meta-Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-14, October.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Pichet Chanpum & Duangporn Duangthip & Chutima Trairatvorakul & Siriporn Songsiripradubboon, 2020. "Early Childhood Caries and Its Associated Factors among 9- to 18-Month Old Exclusively Breastfed Children in Thailand: A Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(9), pages 1-10, May.
    2. Andrea Poza-Pascual & Clara Serna-Muñoz & Amparo Pérez-Silva & Yolanda Martínez-Beneyto & Inmaculada Cabello & Antonio José Ortiz-Ruiz, 2021. "Effects of Fluoride and Calcium Phosphate-Based Varnishes in Children at High Risk of Tooth Decay: A Randomized Clinical Trial," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-15, September.
    3. Nila Kasuma & Aida Fitriana & Fildzah Nurul Fajrin, 2018. "Comparison of Caries Occurence Between Resin Based and Glass Ionomer Based Pit and Fissure Sealants in Young Permanent Molars After One Year Application," Global Journal of Health Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(10), pages 178-178, October.
    4. Oana Elena Stoica & Daniela Esian & Anamaria Bud & Alexandra Mihaela Stoica & Liana Beresescu & Cristina Ioana Bica, 2022. "The Assessment of Early Server Childhood Caries Status in Abandoned Institutionalized Children," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(14), pages 1-10, July.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:11:p:3751-:d:362961. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.