Depression and Oral Manifestations Post-COVID19

Introduction: The need for scientific literature relating post-COVID19 oral manifestations with depressive symptoms and the need to structure the variety of these and identify risk factors to prevent serious mental health affectations. Objective: To determine the relationship between oral manifestations and levels of depression in patients with post-COVID-19 sequels. Methods: A descriptive longitudinal study was carried out on 32 patients with mild COVID19 diseases, who persisted in their oral manifestations three months after diagnosis in the health area of the Marta Abreu Polyclinic, applying the Zung and Conde test to know their levels of depression. The statistical package SPSSv 21.0 and the chi-square test were used to process the data Results: In the research 81.2% of the patients present some level of depression, intervening the sociodemographic variable and if there is a significant relationship between the post-covid19 oral manifestations such as taste alteration and xerostomia with the appearance of emotional states such as depression. Conclusion: Post-COVID19 oral sequel can affect the emotional states influencing the level of depression of those who suffer from it.