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. 2023 Jan-Apr;14(1):16-21.
doi: 10.4103/njms.njms_322_21. Epub 2023 Apr 14.

COVID-19 outbreak… journey of dental care workers: A systematic review

Pooja Garg  1 , Virendra Kumar  2 , Umesh Pratap Verma  1 , Nand Lal  1 , Pavitra Rastogi  1 , Rameshwari Singhal  1 , Anjani Kumar Pathak  1 , Shalini Kaushal  1 , U S Pal  3
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COVID-19 outbreak… journey of dental care workers: A systematic review

Pooja Garg et al. Natl J Maxillofac Surg. 2023 Jan-Apr.

Abstract

The conditions of health-care professionals including dental fraternity have been extremely affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dental care workers have suspended all routine dental activities with the fear of transmission of the virus from aerosol-generating dental procedures. They have also stood with medical care professionals as frontline warriors because of the exponentially overburdened of the COVID-19-positive patients worldwide. With the available literature, the aim of this article is to address the trajectories of the life of oral health workers during the outbreak of COVID-19 as well as to analyze what measures shall be taken to improve their overall physical, mental, social, and economic health and precautions while working in dental environment.

Keywords: COVID-19; dental care workers; frontline warriors; quality of life.

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Systematic review diagram showing the study selection process for adapted desired reporting items
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Schematic diagram illustrating the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on dental care workers and its possible management
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