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The ‘new normal’ in post–COVID‐19 pediatric dental practice
Author(s) -
Maru Viral
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of paediatric dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.183
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1365-263X
pISSN - 0960-7439
DOI - 10.1111/ipd.12764
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pandemic , anxiety , dental practice , dental care , clinical practice , oral cavity , family medicine , dentistry , psychiatry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , outbreak
The COVID‐19 pandemic has posed an extraordinary challenge to the world. Dental healthcare personnel are considered to be at high risk as they work in close proximity to the oral cavity of patients. New procedures of approach and management should be incorporated in different aspects of routine dental practice. In addition, pediatric dentists are posed with unique and extraordinary challenges of parental anxiety and behavioral guidance of pediatric patients and parents/guardians. The aim of this study was to highlight the changing perceptions of pediatric dental practice as the ‘new normal’ in the post‐COVID era.