Obliteration of oral and maxillofacial region by SARS-CoV-2 infection

2025/06/16 by Karthik Shunmugavelu, Shunmugavelu, Karthik, Saravanan, Jayakanthan
Dentistry · Medicine · #COVID-19 #Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment #Dental Research and COVID-19 #Dermatological and COVID-19 studies #Medicine and health #Pathologie #dental #facial #fazial #oral #pathology

paper · doi:10.3205/dgkh000558

openalex publication_date 2025/06/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01

Abstract

COVID-19 present as fever, cough, dyspnea, and pneumonia. The infection causes orofacial manifestations in several cases but seems to be underreported, mainly due to the lack of oral examination of patients with suspected and/or confirmed COVID-19. Described are COVID-19- related oral lesions that can be the first and/or the unique manifestation of the disease.

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