SARS-CoV-2

SARS-CoV-2 Infects and Replicates in Salivary Glands

Researchers at the University of São Paulo Medical School (FM-USP) have found that SARS-CoV-2...

COVID-19 Lung Complications Can Start in the Mouth

Despite the remarkable progress of vaccination in the United States and other countries such...

16.3% of UK Dental Staff Test Positive for SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies

A study led by the University of Birmingham of more than a thousand dental...

Commercial Mouthwashes Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Levels in Laboratory Setting

Multiple mouthwashes that now are commercially available have reduced the level of SARS-CoV-2 in...

Many AGPs Appear Unlikely to Generate Infectious Aerosol

Emerging evidence indicates that many currently defined aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs) are unlikely to play...

Pathogens in Dental Aerosols Mostly Come from Irrigants, Not Saliva

Researchers at the Ohio State University College of Dentistry say they have tracked the...

2% of Asymptomatic Pediatric Dental Patients Test Positive for COVID-19

A study by a pediatric dentist at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) has...

Better Oral Hygiene Could Reduce COVID-19 Severity

COVID-19 could pass into people’s lungs from saliva with the virus moving directly from...

Dentists Can Play a Role in Community Surveillance of COVID-19 Rates

Though asymptomatic carriage of SARS-CoV-2 is a potentially significant source of transmission, it remains...

SARS-CoV-2 Infects Oral Tissues

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infects cells in the mouth, according to a...