Hi dear reader,
With the Coronavirus (Covid-19) out break gaining greater momentum throughout the world, we understand that these are uncertain times for our practices and patients. We are passionate for ensuring you have the best and most up-to-date information and advises.
Best wishes
Sarmad
Right now, the majority of professional associations worldwide are recommending dentists to defer elective dental treatments for the next three weeks and focus on emergency care.
Meanwhile, universal precautions are crucial to minimize the spread of this virus and its associated disease. Also, further precautions need to be developed to do pre-screening of the patients and reinforce the training of professionals in aseptic practices in treatment room.
CDC have some interesting resources available to explain how to use protective equipment in an efective way, please consult:
https://www.cdc.gov/hai/pdfs/ppe/ppe-sequence.pdf.
Best wishes,
JM
Dental surgeons are at the highest risk of contracting the disease, so we all should keep our clinics closed and therby serve the society by curbing the spread of COVID19.
I am sure once the activity of the virus diminishes and disappears, once again normalcy will prevail globally and our clinical work will also continue normally.
1. PPEs will still be a precious commodity, but clinics will now to learn to get from more than one source.
2.things will revert to normalcy when the COVID-19 pandemic ends.
One of the good things we hope will bring post-covid- 19 dentistry is the end of free consultations, because digital dentistry will be the standard of care.
Right, with highly restricted choosing the cases and work, starting with the non complete work till emergent cases.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342165639_Covid_19_-A_General_Review_for_Dental_Care_Provider_and_Patient
I hope we learn from this pandemic and develop newer, smarter and better way of delivering oral health services. i think we have been too comfortable in the way we do things.
