The Urgency of Information Dissemination Regarding the Relationship between Airborne Transmission and COVID-19 inside Dental Health Facilities

Abstract

A pandemic outbreak of COVID-19 was caused by the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Containment and isolation of the virus lead to the study on how this virus spread. One of the possible transmission routes is airborne transmission, where aerosol droplets are involved. Healthcare facilities that use aerosol-related procedures are at risk of having infection inside the facility. The dental health facility is one of the facilities that use aerosol producing equipment. The virus can be combined with an aerosol particle inside the dental health facility because of the high viral load of the fluids or specimens that host SARS-CoV-2. This is possible through dental procedures that transmit aerosol in the operating area. Aerosol particles can be subjected to inhalation by any person inside the dental health facility. A respirable aerosol particle is assumed to be less than 5 µm. Most of the aerosol particle inside the dental health facility is less than 5 µm. The presence of aerosol inside the dental health facility relates to the rapid transmission of the virus. The members of the community, who do not know the relationship between airborne transmission and COVID-19, is presumably in danger. Information regarding airborne transmission inside the dental health facility can be distributed to members of the community through various information dissemination methods. In this review article, we summarized how it is possible to have a COVID-19 infection inside the dental health facility. We also showed the importance of the urgency of information dissemination regarding airborne transmission and COVID-19.