Periodontal Hygiene: A Gentle Reminder During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Siddharthan Selvaraj; Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone

doi:10.29333/jconseph/12101

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Siddharthan Selvaraj ¹ ^* , Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone ²

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¹ Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, MALAYSIA² Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, BRAZIL^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

This manuscript briefly discusses the importance of periodontal hygiene and its relationship to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection.

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periodontal diseases
oral hygiene
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
pandemics

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Selvaraj S, Tovani-Palone MR. Periodontal Hygiene: A Gentle Reminder During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J CONTEMP STUD EPIDEMIOL PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;3(1):ep22005. https://doi.org/10.29333/jconseph/12101

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Selvaraj, S., & Tovani-Palone, M. R. (2022). Periodontal Hygiene: A Gentle Reminder During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Contemporary Studies in Epidemiology and Public Health, 3(1), ep22005. https://doi.org/10.29333/jconseph/12101

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Selvaraj S, Tovani-Palone MR. Periodontal Hygiene: A Gentle Reminder During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J CONTEMP STUD EPIDEMIOL PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;3(1), ep22005. https://doi.org/10.29333/jconseph/12101

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Selvaraj, Siddharthan, and Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone. "Periodontal Hygiene: A Gentle Reminder During the COVID-19 Pandemic". Journal of Contemporary Studies in Epidemiology and Public Health 2022 3 no. 1 (2022): ep22005. https://doi.org/10.29333/jconseph/12101

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Selvaraj, S., and Tovani-Palone, M. R. (2022). Periodontal Hygiene: A Gentle Reminder During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Contemporary Studies in Epidemiology and Public Health, 3(1), ep22005. https://doi.org/10.29333/jconseph/12101

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Selvaraj, Siddharthan et al. "Periodontal Hygiene: A Gentle Reminder During the COVID-19 Pandemic". Journal of Contemporary Studies in Epidemiology and Public Health, vol. 3, no. 1, 2022, ep22005. https://doi.org/10.29333/jconseph/12101