TY - JOUR
AR - JDOA-2020-1-101
TI - An Interim Report on the Dental Practice Management: COVID-19
AU - Mohadeb-Somar Jhassu Varsha Naveena, 
AU - Somar, Mirinal
JO - Journal of Dentistry Open Access
PY - 2020
DA - Fri 10, Apr 2020
SN - 2674-4155
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.JDOA.2020.01.01
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/an-interim-report-on-the-dental_JDOA-2020-1-101 
KW - COVID-19, dental practice management, prevention
AB - There is a new public health crisis threatening the world with the emergence and spread of 2019 novel
coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Due to the specialty of oral healthcare settings, the risk of cross infection is
severe among patients and oral healthcare practitioners as they work in close proximity to their patients
employing droplet and aerosol generating procedures. The transmission modes of SARS-coronavirus appear
to be through droplet spread and close contact. Although the principle of universal precautions is widely
advocated and followed throughout the dental community, it is not sufficient to help control the spread of
this highly contagious disease. Management protocols must be modified to minimize public health risks.
This includes the identification, isolation, management and report of possible and probable cases and
contacts. Patient assessment should include questions on recent travel to infected areas and, contacts of
patients, fever and symptoms of respiratory infections. Hence, there is a need for strict and efficient infection
control protocols as the patient may be symptomatic as well as asymptomatic.