the relationship between coronavirus disease and dental health
“A Dental Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic—Safer Aerosol-Free Emergent (SAFER) Dentistry” by Habib Benzian and Richard Niederman
This article analyzes the relationship between coronavirus disease and dental health. It seeks to determine the effect of the coronavirus to dental health. The condition, COVID-19, has affected all sectors in healthcare, dental health is one of them. The article has discussed how to prevent the spread of the disease during dental health patients. However, it has not offered an excellent solution to mitigate the spread. The proposals it offers mostly aim at preventing the disease to patients. Instead, it ought to have looked at the safety of the care providers as well.
The article states that the dangers of the disease to the dentistry will lead to inculpable risks, instead of providing ways to minimize the risks to both patients and doctors. Also, the article does not suggest to both doctors and patients on the actions they should take in case one of them is found to have contracted the disease.
References
Benzian, H., & Niederman, R. (n.d.). A dental response to the COVID-19 pandemic—Safer aerosol-free emergent (SAFER) dentistry. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.00520
“Personal Protective Equipment needs in the USA during the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Adam Beckham, Nicholas Deveau, Alis Raja, Megan Ranney, Rachel Popkin, and Shuhan He
This article looks at the ways of preventing care-givers from contracting coronavirus disease. It outlines the measures that doctors can take to control themselves and their patients. The article is written in a language that is easy to understand. It puts emphasis on the importance of mass production of PPEs.
However, the article does not consider the cost of production of the PPEs. Thus, the article ought to have proposed ways of funding companies that produce PPEs. Also, it ought to have discussed the issue of reducing the cost of the PPEs to make them affordable to all people, in all sectors.
References
Gondi, S., Beckman, A. L., Deveau, N., Raja, A. S., Ranney, M. L., Popkin, R., & He, S. (2020). Personal protective equipment needs in the USA during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet, 395(10237), e90-e91. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(20)31038-2
“Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A scoping review” by Euro Surveil
This article on COVID-19 by Euro Surveil discusses various literature about COVID-19 between December 1st 2019 to February 6th 2020. The article uses descriptive statistics. It is based on a qualitative study where data. The data collected was analyzed, presented, and an analysis was done. The article discusses many aspects of the coronavirus disease but fails to give readers ways of preventing themselves from the disease.
Although the data collected was sufficient, the article does not advise the relevant bodies, like governments and WHO, on steps to take to fight the disease. The article ought to have discussed the risk factors for COVID-19 disease. It should have looked at the effect of the environment, age, color, and location of an individual with regard to contracting the disease. Although the article has analyzed many issues on the disease, it did not identify whether the disease was airborne or not.
Reference
Surveill, E. (2020, April 16th). Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A scoping review. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7175649/