Introduction
carious lesions, deaths
CORONAVIRUS, VIRUS, CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019, SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), also commonly known as coronavirus, was declared a pandemic in 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO) presenting with more than 500 million confirmed cases and 6 million deaths worldwideMost measures initially adopted on preventing and limiting transmission of the virus focused on performing good respiratory and hand hygiene, maintaining physical distance, wearing facial masks, and self-isolating. Despite that, different approaches have been proposed as viricidal strategies to target coronaviruses and to interfere with the viral lipid envelopeMouthwashes have been widely advocated as an adjunctive treatment to mechanical oral hygiene to reduce carious lesions, formation of dental biofilm and gingivitisDespite the current findings and promising results of early trials, clinical information regarding efficacy of mouthwashes containing substances such as CHX, H