Oral Manifestations of COVID-19 Correlated to Medical and Drug History. A Survey on Infected Medical Doctors

Magdy, Eman; El Bahnasy, Sherif Shafik; Mohammed, Ebtehal; Abdelkawy, Maha

doi:10.21608/adjc.2023.220498.1359

Oral Manifestations of COVID-19 Correlated to Medical and Drug History. A Survey on Infected Medical Doctors

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Oral Medicine, Diagnosis and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Beni_Suef University.

² Department of Oral Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, The British University in Egypt, El-Sherook City, Egypt

10.21608/adjc.2023.220498.1359

Abstract

Abstract
Objective: Reporting the oral symptoms of COVID-19 and correlate the occurrence of these symptoms with various possible etiologic factors.
Methods: A cross-sectional web-based survey targeted Medical doctors infected with COVID-19. The survey questioned the diagnosis of the disease, the severity of the disease symptoms, the oral symptoms along with drug and medical history. A total sample of 312 response were analyzed and correlated with various factors including the patients’ age, sex, medical history, drug history, hospitalization and severity of COVID-19 symptoms.
Results: Oral manifestations were reported in 72.5% of the participants. The most common oral manifestations were dysgeusia in 76% of patients which was partial in 64% of the participants. Xerostomia was reported in 41.6% of cases. Aphthous stomatitis and recurrent herpetic infections were also reported.
Conclusion: The most common oral manifestations of COVID-19 are dysgeusia and xerostomia followed by oral ulcers. The occurrence of oral manifestations is increased by 4.7 folds among patients with underlying systemic diseases.

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