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Annals and Essences of Dentistry

Annals and Essences of Dentistry
Open Access

ISSN: 0975-8798, 0976-156X

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Sharayu R Dhande

Department of Periodontics, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Publications
  • Review Article   
    Essential Anti-Infective Measures for Periodontal Surgical Operatories during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Periodontist's Perspective
    Author(s): Sharayu R Dhande*

    SARS-CoV-2 is known to cause severe life-threatening respiratory disease. The virus is known to reside in mucous membranes and it is transmitted through aerosols from saliva and the respiratory droplets. As a result, the elective care was deferred in most health care facilities and emergency care was continued vigilantly. Few stringent preventive measures undertaken for combating the brisking nature of coronavirus, have brought changes not only in the COVID outbreak but also the in the epidemiology of periodontal diseases, affecting the regular periodontal surgical practice. Many hospitals have been restructured to provide the best care to COVID patients, periodontists along with other healthcare professionals despite of their original specialties, have been serving COVID patients relentlessly on a regular basis. Therefore, a profound rearrangement of both in-pati.. View More»
    DOI: 10.35248/0976-156X.22.14.236

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