Neurological and Dental changes in COVID-19: A literature review
ABSTRACT
The Coronavirus pandemic has affected all layers of the population, but it is a disease that affects more the elderly population and people with pre-existing comorbidities, with variations in manifestations from person to person. The aim of this article was to discuss the main neurological and dental changes that can happen in patients with COVID-19. To carry out this research, a literature review was conducted in the following databases: Google Scholar, Scielo, Virtual Health Library and PubMed. Twelve articles were selected. The results found showed that patients with COVID-19 may present oral lesions, loss of taste and smell; in addition, they can also present neurological manifestations. The main neurological and dental manifestations found, respectively, were: dizziness, headache, muscle injury, altered state of consciousness, dysgeusia, hyposmia, cerebrovascular accident, ataxia and seizures and oral lesions, mainly enantemas. It can be concluded that, COVID-19 requires greater clarification in understanding its mechanism of action through new scientific investigations, in order to understand the main neurological and dental manifestations that may occur. Thefore, doctors and dentists need to be attentive and, often, work together for the best resolution of these patients’ clinical condition.
Keywords: COVID-19. Neurology. Dentistry.
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