Human Monkey Pox – Dental Implications And Public Health Emergency

ARUL, DR QUEENALICE ALICE; V, Rakshagan; Mahalingham, Padma Priya; Debnath, Dipanjan

doi:10.22092/ari.2024.366600.3276

Human Monkey Pox – Dental Implications And Public Health Emergency

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Document Type : Mini Review

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¹ 12/364 mogappair east Chennai-600037 Tamil Nadu,India

² Department of Prosthodontics Saveetha Dental College & Hospital,Chennai Tamil Nadu,India

³ Department of Conservative Dentistry, Government Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India

⁴ Department of Dentistry AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) Kalyani, West Bengal India

10.22092/ari.2024.366600.3276

Abstract

A viral disease that is mostly limited to African area is monkeypox (MPX). However, it has re-emergence recently in a number of places outside of nations where disease is prevalent. Humans may acquire the virus by coming into contact with infected individual, contaminated materials or diseased animals. Fever, headache, and enlarged lymph nodes are among the symptoms, which are followed by the development of excruciating skin sores. Typically, monkeypox is a self-limiting illness that goes away on its own without medical intervention. It can, however, occasionally be dangerous, especially for those with compromised immune systems. An interprofessional team comprising physicians, nurses, virologists, dentists, veterinarians, and public health specialists that can quickly detect MPX infection in people and animals, put preventative measures in place, and start public health reporting builds a strong defense against a catastrophic outbreak. An improved patient outcome will be facilitated by the interprofessional paradigm. Infection management in dentistry may face new difficulties as a result of the monkeypox virus's re-emerging global outbreak. Given the recent spread of MPXV in non-endemic areas where dentists are not accustomed to include this illness in the differential diagnosis, it is currently expected of all dental healthcare providers to be knowledgeable about the oral signs of MPX in order to perform an adequate oral screening and implement the necessary preventive measures for infection control in the dental practice. As the dental setup is more prone for aerosol cross infection strict infection control measures have to be followed in dental practice. In this article we have focussed the dental implications of MPX disease.
Keywords:
Monkeypox; Dental Practice; Infection control; Public Health Emergency; Non endemic outbreak;

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