Garbin, Cléa Adas Saliba [UNESP]Souza, Neila Paula de [UNESP]Vasconcelos, Romes Rufino deGarbin, Artênio José Isper [UNESP]Villar, Lívia Melo2015-11-032015-11-032014-01-01Oral Health & Preventive Dentistry. Hanover Park: Quintessence Publishing Co Inc, v. 12, n. 4, p. 313-321, 2014.1602-1622http://hdl.handle.net/11449/129947Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a worldwide health problem, affecting over 130 million individuals. The virus is transmitted parenterally, making health care professionals a risk group for infection. For this reason it is important that dental health-care workers recognise the symptoms of the infection, which can be present in the oral cavities of hepatitis C-infected individuals. Moreover, dental health-care workers should know how to manage hepatitis C-infected individuals during dental treatment and the measures to prevent nosocomial spread of HCV. Thus, the purpose of this study was to perform a review of HCV epidemiology, natural history, transmission, diagnosis, treatment and prevention focusing on oral manifestations in and dental management strategies for HCV-infected individuals.313-321engHepatitis C virusDentistryDental health workersOral healthResenha10.3290/j.ohpd.a32134WOS:000348624300004Acesso restrito44191585257096860000-0001-5069-8812