| JNDA Vol. 20 No. 1 Issue 30 (January - June 2020) | |
Oral Health Professionals and Corona Virus Disease-19: Roles, Responsibilities and Realisations |
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| Dr. Abhinaya Luitel, Dr. Sarju Shrestha, Dr. Pragya Regmee, Dr. Sagar Adhikari | |
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| Abstract | |
As per the posts and memes that appeared in social media, the role of oral health professionals appeared quite controversial during this COVID-19 pandemic. Though dentistry is classified as high risk health care profession in this pandemic, we can still be of great help to our medical fraternity on and behind the scene. Besides providing emergency dental treatment, there are many ways we can modify our roles and deploy for this global pandemic realising our responsibilities and limitations. |
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| Keywords | |
Corona virus disease-19; dentistry; oral health professionals. |
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