Oral Care on Oncopediatric Patients during COVID-19 Pandemic: What’s Changing?

Isis de Araújo Ferreira Muniz; Fabio Gomes dos Santos; Ana Maria  Gondim Valença; Simone Alves de Sousa; Eliane Batista Medeiros-Serpa; Paulo Rogério  Ferreti Bonan

doi:10.32635/2176-9745.RBC.2020v66nTemaAtual.1215

Authors

Isis de Araújo Ferreira Muniz MSc, Post Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Paraíba. João Pessoa (PB), Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5550-0294
Fabio Gomes dos Santos MSc, Post Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Paraíba. João Pessoa (PB), Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6612-1134
Ana Maria Gondim Valença PhD, Health Science Center, Department of Clinical and Social Dentistry, Federal University of Paraiba. João Pessoa (PB), Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8460-3981
Simone Alves de Sousa PhD, Health Science Center, Department of Clinical and Social Dentistry, Federal University of Paraiba. João Pessoa (PB), Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3254-9036
Eliane Batista Medeiros-Serpa PhD, Health Science Center, Department of Clinical and Social Dentistry, Federal University of Paraiba. João Pessoa (PB), Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9119-4079
Paulo Rogério Ferreti Bonan PhD, Health Science Center, Department of Clinical and Social Dentistry, Federal University of Paraiba. João Pessoa (PB), Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4449-4343

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32635/2176-9745.RBC.2020v66nTemaAtual.1215

Keywords:

Oral Health, Mouth Neoplasms, Pediatrics, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics

Abstract

During the last weeks, we are facing a global pandemic which affects the general population and health care system. Observing COVID-19 care, hospitals and health care services are focusing their attention on COVID-19 combat. Considering this emergency, structural and logistic impacts over health services are perceived evidently and conventional routines of multiprofessional teams are being dramatically changed.