Díaz GLM, Castellanos SJL

Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 137-145
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ABSTRACT

Considered dentistry as an Indispensable Health Services, during the COVID-19 pandemic the dental professional has been providing mostly emergency care. Upon return to typical dental practice, the dentist will find a different environment or NEW NORMALLY, being forced to make relevant clinical modifications and prepare his team to continue providing quality care with an amplified safety margin, which equally protects patients and dental team. In the absence of an available vaccine that provides protection or a specific treatment against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), raising the level of infection control at the dental office will become unavoidable and possibly irreversible in the future quotidian dental work. This article proposes an Infection Control Protocol for the dental consultation that allows provide safety oral care, considering COVID-19, also useful for other viral or bacterial pathogens control.

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