Covid-19 Outbreak - Immediate and long-term impacts on the dental profession
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Covid-19 Outbreak - Immediate and long-term impacts on the dental profession
Abstract
The health professions and systems have been challenged evoking heightened reactions around the globe as response to Covid-19. While most heavily impacted, the role of the dental professionals in preventing the transmission and responding to its long-term impacts on dentistry is critically important. This report, while outlining the immediate impact that the Covid-19 outbreak currently has on dental healthcare professionals, it also looks at some heavier impacts that this outbreak might have on the profession of dentistry. As such this manuscript offers some suggestions and recommendations based on personal feeling.
Keywords: Covid-19 outbreak; Dental professionals; Dentistry; Impact on dentistry.
Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.
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