Open AccessProsthodontics in COVID-19 era: The Right Prospective
Author(s) -
Snigdha Patil,
Babita Yeshwante,
Shivani Kotewar,
Nitin Kothari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of contemporary dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2320-5962
pISSN - 2320-5806
DOI - 10.37506/ijocd.v9i1.13973
Subject(s) - covid-19 , dentistry , transmission (telecommunications) , medicine , disease , virology , computer science , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , telecommunications , outbreak
Since its emergence in December 2019, corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has impacted severalcountries, affecting more than 90 thousand patients and making it a global public threat. The routes oftransmission are direct contact, and droplet and possible aerosol transmissions. Due to the unique natureof dentistry, most dental procedures generate significant amounts of droplets and aerosols, posing potentialrisks of infection transmission. Understanding the significance of aerosol transmission and its implicationsin dentistry can facilitate the identification and correction of negligence in daily dental practice.