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Covid-19: What About Dentists?, Hania Alameddine, Julien Issa, Nayer Aboelsaad
Covid-19: What About Dentists?, Hania Alameddine, Julien Issa, Nayer Aboelsaad
BAU Journal - Health and Wellbeing
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been associated with person-to-person transmission. This includes droplets inhalation, exposure to saliva, and contact with the oral or nasal mucosa. The World Health Organization (WHO) made it public that the novel coronavirus initiated an international public health emergency. COVID-19 cases are rising up until this day, as of End-April 2021, around 141 million confirmed cases and 3 million deaths were reported worldwide. Due to the characteristics of dental clinics, dental health care personnel are at a higher risk of getting exposed to the COVID-19 infection. Thus, there is an urgent need to improve the current implemented recommendations …