SARS-CoV-2 Did Not Spread Through Dental Clinics During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan
Very few SARS-CoV-2 infections were observed in dental professionals who took appropriate infection control measures in the early period of the pandemic. Performing dental procedures using standard precautions seems to be sufficient to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Authors
- Erika Yaguchi
- Koji Wake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3375-3159)
- Hitoshi Kawamata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0764-6504)
- Shuma Yagisawa
- Sayaka Izumi
- Yasuhiro Tsubura
- Takahiro Wakui
- Jin Kikuchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4931-0646)
- Masato Nemoto
- Maki Tsubura-Okubo
- Hajime Houzumi
- Ryo Shiraishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3971-605X)
- Chonji Fukumoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5160-6892)
- Toshiki Hyodo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5789-3394)
- Yuske Komiyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2301-6895)
- S Ohtani
Institutions
- Dokkyo Medical University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infectious Disease Reports
- Published
- 2025-06-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/idr17030070
- Primary Topic
- Dental Research and COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Dokkyo Medical University
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science