(TC01) Oral Manifestations of COVID-19 and Its Implication in Endodontics

Abstract: The COVID-19 epidemic that started in Wuhan, China has spread around the world and is responsible for many deaths and severe post disease complications. This pandemic spreads rapidly most likely due to the facility of the virus to contaminate through coughing and aerosols. Asymptomatic patients, with no respiratory impairments, are believed to be responsible for more than 80% of the transmissions. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, two major types of oral manifestations have been observed in infected individuals, oral ulcers and vascular abnormalities. The goal of this table clinic is to report cases describing the types of oral lesions of COVID-19, the location in the oral mucosa with the highest prevalence, the latest findings of several international multi-center clinical studies and diagnostic challenges.