Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Professionals and Oral Care Operational Services: A Systemic Review.

ABSTRACT: The unprecedented climate of the COVID-19 pandemic has some restrictions on oral care operational services, which heavily impacted the delivery of aerosol generating procedures (AGPs). This led the health authorities to set up guidelines and policies that should be followed to minimize the virus spread and ensure safe and effective dental care delivery. This systemic review aimed to evaluate the current guidelines and strategies in providing safe dental services and ensuring efficacy of the current universal personal preventive and protective measures, as well the impact that this outbreak might have on practicing the dental profession in full scope. The review focus questions were as follows: are the current guidelines and measures in literature mitigated enough to ensure safe and effecti

SUBMITTER: Bordea IR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7869720 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature