May 06, 2021
CHICAGO, U.S.: In a recent study, researchers have examined the prevalence of COVID-19 in pediatric dentistry by testing children during their visit at the pediatric dentistâs office. The study reported that, although all the children who took part in the study were asymptomatic, some of them tested positive after undergoing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. This suggests that testing pediatric dental patients could help better identify potential SARS-CoV-2 carriers and subsequently reduce transmission rates.
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, presently over 152 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide. The U.S. has the most confirmed cases, over 63 million. Although more than 1 billion vaccine doses have been administered globally, the pandemic continues to pose a health and psychological threat to the lives of billions of people who bear the consequences of social distancing as well as other restrictions imposed on their daily lives.