Clinical protocols in dental practice: Post-COVID-19

Mithra N Hegde; Shazeena Qaiser; Nidarsh D Hegde

doi:10.4103/JCD.JCD_287_20

Clinical protocols in dental practice: Post-COVID-19

J Conserv Dent. 2019 Sep-Oct;22(5):408-410. doi: 10.4103/JCD.JCD_287_20. Epub 2020 Aug 4.

Authors

Mithra N Hegde¹, Shazeena Qaiser¹, Nidarsh D Hegde²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, NITTE University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
² Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, J. N. Institute of Dental Sciences, Imphal, Manipur, India.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic, still on the growth curve, has had a devastating effect on the dental health sector for the past 3 months. This has become an area of enormous concern for the dentists professionally and the patients in terms of dental health. Dentistry at this point needs a complete structural change to prevent cross-infection among the patients and dentists owing to the unique characteristic of a dental health-care setting as well as to offer a sense of safety and security to the patients. This article highlights the salient points to be considered for the post-COVID phase in dentistry.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; dental care; prevention and control.