Effect of COVID-19 in geriatric individuals and role of a prosthodontist in clinical setup in Indian populations: a literature review
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Date
2020-11
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Medip Academy
Abstract
Medical professionals including dentists are one of those high-risk professionals who can easily get affected by COVID-19 due to its highly contagious nature.Evaluating the molecular pathogenesis and the role of immune system in modulating symptoms it can be assumed that susceptibility of COVID-19 to older adults is more.This review aimed to summarize all the information available on electronic databases PubMed, PubMedcentral, Cochranedatabase related to the effect of COVID-19 ingeriatric individuals and guidelines for a prosthodontist during treatment of geriatric individuals in Indian population during this pandemic period.This review will focus on the characteristic symptoms and signs of COVID-19 in geriatric individuals and how the prosthodontists during treatment of geriatric individuals in Indian populations can better equip themselves to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in a clinical setup.
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COVID-19, Geriatric patients, Prosthodontic guidelines, SARS-CoV-2
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Bhattacharjee Bappaditya, Gupta Pinki, Bhatnagar Atul, Singh Ankita, Saneja Ritu. Effect of COVID-19 in geriatric individuals and role of a prosthodontist in clinical setup in Indian populations: a literature review. International Journal of Scientific Reports. 202 Nov; 6(11): 478-484