COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control in Dental Practice

Abstract

My thesis aims to highlight and critically analyse the current literature on COVID-19 infection prevention in dental clinics. Dentistry is a high-risk medical specialisation in which coronavirus could easily spread because we are in close contact with patients, dental teams and use procedures that generate aerosol, and there’s the nosocomial spread of the virus. COVID-19 will continue to influence and affect how dentists will practice for the foreseeable future, therefore it is important to understand the gravity of the ever-changing situation and adapt necessarily.