Lakshman Samaranayake
Professor Emeritus, and Immediate-past Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong
Chemosensory dysfunction in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Lakshman SamaranayakeA number of reviews are currently available on the prevalence and related characteristics of both dysgeusia and anosmia in COVID-19, including a recent review of ours.3 In general, from a review of...
COVID-19 and Dentistry: Aerosol and Droplet Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and Its Infectivity in Clinical Settings
Lakshman SamaranayakeAn aerosol can be defined as a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in air or another gas. Aerosols can be either natural – such as fog, mist, dust, or anthropogenic – created by...
COVID-19 and dentistry: perspectives of an unfolding pandemic
Lakshman SamaranayakeNew virus infections arise unceasingly, always a few steps ahead of the combative armamentarium which we humans are unleashing upon them at the slightest hint of their emergence. Such new infections...
Dental unit water lines and their disinfection and management: a review
Caroline L PankhurstThe effluent organisms from DUWLs essentially originate from the biofilms on the luminal surface of the water line. Biofilms are defined as an organized community of microbes attached to a biotic or...