Open AccessOral and maxillofacial minor surgery practice post-COVID 2019 pandemic - An insight
Author(s) -
Ankita Chugh,
Amanjot Kaur,
Aakash Kohli,
Pravin Kumar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2231-0746
DOI - 10.4103/ams.ams_189_20
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pandemic , oral and maxillofacial surgery , minor (academic) , dentistry , general surgery , virology , outbreak , humanities , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , philosophy
COVID-19, a worldwide pandemic, has given an awakening and introspective moment for all surgeons involved with aerosol-generating procedures. We ought to modify our practices to learn to live with it if we wish to prevail over it. This article outlines similar small changes that can be done in our minor maxillofacial surgery practice to safeguard both patients and healthcare workers.