Abstract: Monkeypox is becoming a viral infectious disease of global concern. WHO has reported monkeypox outbreaks in more than 50 countries. Since the first imported case has been confirmed and reported by Taiwan, China, in June 2022, the monkeypox has draw high attention from the national public health and epidemic prevention department. Among the key tasks of Shanghai high-quality healthcare development in 2023, monkeypox has been identified as one of the key infectious diseases that need to be under strict prevention and control. The diagnosis and treatment in dental department are mainly performed face-to-face, with patients' masks taken-off. Large amount of aerosol spray will be generated during the operation. At the same time, dental diagnosis and treatment is in outpatient department, where the patient flow is large. Once monkeypox patients have been diagnosed and treated in the dental diagnosis and treatment area, and the preventive measures are not implemented, it will provide convenience for monkeypox to transmit. In order to avoid this kind of situation, this article made a review of monkey-pox from the following 3 aspects: epidemic transmission history of monkeypox, systemic and oral symptoms of monkeypox, and oral prevention of monkeypox, to improve the knowledge and prevention ability of dental medical staff on monkeypox for early recognition and prevention.

Key words: Stomatology, Monkeypox, Medical staff, Infectious disease prevention