COMMON VIRAL INFECTIONS INCLUDING CORONA (COVID INFECTION) IN CHILDREN - A REVIEW

Oral cavity of children is often encountered by a wide range of viral infections but receive less attention as it is generally present as an unspecific symptom of several diseases that leads to its diagnostic challenges.Thus, this article focuses on the clinical presentation i.e. both oral and systemic manifestations of the infection, their diagnosis, differential diagnosis, prevention and treatment that can give a thorough knowledge to the pediatric dentists about some commonly encountered viral infections in the child,and can help them for carrying out a multidisciplinary approach with the general practitioners and specialists for the proper diagnosis and effective treatment of the child.