COVID-19 outbreak… journey of dental care workers: A systematic review

The conditions of health-care professionals including dental fraternity have been extremely affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dental care workers have suspended all routine dental activities with the fear of transmission of the virus from aerosol-generating dental procedures. They have also sto...

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Published in:National journal of maxillofacial surgery 2023-01, Vol.14 (1), p.16-21
Main Authors: Garg, Pooja, Kumar, Virendra, Verma, Umesh Pratap, Lal, Nand, Rastogi, Pavitra, Singhal, Rameshwari, Pathak, Anjani Kumar, Kaushal, Shalini, Pal, U S
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Language:English
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Summary:The conditions of health-care professionals including dental fraternity have been extremely affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dental care workers have suspended all routine dental activities with the fear of transmission of the virus from aerosol-generating dental procedures. They have also stood with medical care professionals as frontline warriors because of the exponentially overburdened of the COVID-19-positive patients worldwide. With the available literature, the aim of this article is to address the trajectories of the life of oral health workers during the outbreak of COVID-19 as well as to analyze what measures shall be taken to improve their overall physical, mental, social, and economic health and precautions while working in dental environment.
ISSN:0975-5950
2229-3418
DOI:10.4103/njms.njms_322_21