Table 4.

Temporal relationship of oral manifestations of and general symptoms of COVID-19 in 53 of the 57 participants with oral manifestations of COVID-19.

COVID-19 Severity	Total ± 57 n/N	Timing of Oral Manifestations Relative to COVID-19 General Symptoms
		Before COVID-19 General Symptoms (n = 5; 9%)	Concurrent with COVID-19 General Symptoms (n = 25; 47%)	After COVID-19 General Symptoms (n = 23; 43%)
Mild	11 (19%)	3 (60%)	4 (16%)	4 (17%)
Moderate	35 (61%)	2 (40%)	15 (60%)	15 (65%)
Severe or critical	11 (19%)	1 (20%)	6 (24%)	4 (17%)

^± Three patients with distortion of taste did not give information on the timing of oral manifestations relative to COVID-19 general symptoms.