COVID-19 protocols for Dentists.
Dental care settings invariably carry a high risk to corona infection due to specificity of procedures which involve face to face communication with the patients, exposure to aerosols generated by the high-speed handpieces , frequent exposure to saliva, blood and other body fluids, direct transmission through cough , sneeze or droplets, contact transmission through the oral, eye and nasal mucous membrane. As a professional, one question that a dentist should ask himself is how to avoid the Corona virus infection from everyday dentistry. As the pandemic is rapidly evolving, it is very important to follow strictly the protocols published by national dental governing councils. Equally important is that everyone should ensure that they are accessing reliable information from authentic sources which is timely and accurate. In this regard, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, USA) recommend dental professionals especially doctors, staff nurses an...