Dysgeusia as the main oral manifestation in patients with mild COVID-19 at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases

• Autores: Carrasco Rueda, Carlos Alberto, Vinitzky Brener, Ilan, Román Aragón, Ana Cristina, Vélez Peralta, José Antonio, Morales Lundes, Valeria, Fernández Plata, Rosario, Higuera Iglesias, Anjarath
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/22064
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/odont/article/view/22064
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: COVID-19; Oral manifestations; Dysgeusia; (source: MeSH NLM); Manifestaciones bucales; Disgeusia; (fuente: DeCS BIREME)

Objective. To report the oral manifestations associated with COVID-19 as well as whether these persist over a period of 3 months. Methods. A longitudinal, descriptive study was carried out evaluating 149 individuals positive for SARS-CoV-2 by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), who underwent an initial examination and a control 3 months later. Results. A total of 65% of the participants reported some manifestation in the oral cavity and 24% some sequelae. Within these observed symptoms and oral sequelae, the one with the highest incidence was dysgeusia, which was found in 51% of patients followed by xerostomia (27%), lymph nodes or swollen glands (17%). These manifestations decreased significantly during the follow-up, however they prevailed in some patients. Conclusions. Dysgeusia is the oral manifestation with the highest incidence in this study and was among the 5 most common general manifestations.