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Teledentistry and the Unified Health System: An Important Tool for the Resumption of Primary Health Care in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract This paper describes the possibilities of using Teledentistry to expand and qualify health care in oral health care networks. WHO already recommended to its member countries, even before the pandemic, Telehealth as a strategy to improve the quality of services, especially in universal systems, a...

Dental Care and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Precautionary Principle and the Best Available Evidence

Abstract The precautionary principle is part of evidence-based healthcare and is used both preventively and therapeutically when there is no available evidence about how to manage problems/diseases/conditions that are especially life-threatening. However, since it is not always based in the most qualifie...

COVID-19 Pandemic: Oral Repercussions and its Possible Impact on Oral Health

Abstract Many viral infections cause oral manifestations, including disorders in odontogenesis, resulting in dental malformations. In this review, based on current knowledge, we will discuss the likely dental and oral consequences of COVID-19. In this article, we review currently available data associate...

Offer and Use of Oral Health in Primary Care Before and After the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil

Abstract Objective: To compare the offer and use of oral health services in primary care, before and after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Material and Methods: An observational study with a cross-sectional ecological design, using data from the Health Information System for Primary C...

COVID-19-Related Challenges in Dental Education: Experiences From Brazil, the USA, and Australia

Abstract Objective: To describe and compare how three dental schools from different countries (Australia, Brazil, and the USA) have managed experiences in dental education during the COVID-19 crisis. Material and Methods: It is a descriptive study reporting the experience that three distinct dental sch...

Narrativas sobre a morte: a gripe espanhola e a covid-19 no brasil

Psicol. soc. (Online); 32 (), 2020
Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é discutir narrativas sobre a morte em duas pandemias, a Gripe Espanhola (1918-1920) e a Covid-19 (2020), no contexto brasileiro. O desenho teórico-metodológico está assentado na revisão narrativa de bibliografia selecionada do Portal de Periódicos Capes e da coleçã...

Metáforas de um vírus: reflexões sobre a subjetivação pandêmica

Psicol. soc. (Online); 32 (), 2020
Resumo O presente artigo visa explorar diferentes metáforas acionadas na primeira fase da pandemia do novo coronavírus no Brasil, inspirado na obra de Susan Sontag, A doença como metáfora. As metáforas são ferramentas centrais nos processos de subjetivação da pandemia, do vírus que a causa e da ...

Epidemiological clinical profile of COVID-19 cases in a municipality of Northeast Brasil

COVID-19 experience among Brasils indigenous people

Information on occupation of patients with Covid-19: Literature review