A multi-country study on the impact of sex and age on oral features of COVID-19 infection in adolescents and young adults.
Heba Jafar SabbaghWafaa AbdelazizMaryam QuritumRana Abdullah AlamoudiNada Abu Bakr AlKhateebJoud AbourdanNafeesa QureshiShabnum QureshiAhmed H N HamoudNada MahmoudRuba OdehNuraldeen Maher Al-KhanatiRawiah JaberAbdulrahman Loaie BalkhoyorMohammed ShabiMorenike Oluwatoyin FolayanOmolola AladeNoha GomaaRaqiya AlnahdiNawal A MahmoudHanane El WazzikiManal AlnaasBahia SamodienRawa A MahmoudNour Abu AssabSherin SaadMaha Mohamed AlsayadSondos G AlhachimMaha El TantawiPublished in: BMC oral health (2022)
COVID-19 infection was associated with dry mouth and change in taste among AYA and the strength of this association differed by age and sex. These oral conditions may help serve as an index for suspicion of COVID-19 infection in AYA.
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