English abstract
A retrospective study evaluating the prevalence
of loss of smell, loss of taste and oral manifestations was
carried out by framing an online questionnaire and dissemi nated among the health care workers including medical and
dental students, who were aficted with COVID-19. The
objective of this study was to fnd out the prevalence of the
loss of smell, loss of taste (LOST) and oral manifestations
and whether these (LOST & oral manifestations) can be the
premonitory manifestations and also whether these can pre dict the prognosis of COVID-19 disease. Our study showed
that the loss of smell, loss of taste and dry mouth did occur
before the other symptoms considerably in the COVID-19
infected health workers. All the infected health workers were
in home quarantine phase and not hospitalized during the
occurrence of COVID-19. The loss of smell, loss of taste and
oral manifestations can be the prodromal signs of COVID-19
and may be used as a screening tool to predict the severity
of the disease.
