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ArticleInternational journal of clinical practice2021

Dental practice management during COVID-19 times-Now and beyond.

Mithra N Hegde, Girish Parmar, Ajay Logani, Nidarsh D Hegde, Suma Ballal, Jogikalmat Krithikadatta, Ruchika Nawal, Kurunji Amalavathy, Darshana Devadiga, Raksha Bhat

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Article in International journal of clinical practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Mithra N HegdeDepartment of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Nitte (Deemed to be University), AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (ABSMIDS), Mangalore, Karnataka, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5618-6778
Girish ParmarDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, India.
Ajay LoganiDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Nidarsh D HegdeDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, India.
Suma BallalDepartment of Cariology, Department of Conservative Detistry & Endodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals., Chennai, India.
Jogikalmat KrithikadattaDepartment of Cariology, Department of Conservative Detistry & Endodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals., Chennai, India.
Ruchika NawalDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Maulana Azad Dental College and Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Kurunji AmalavathyDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sathyabama University Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, India.
Darshana DevadigaDepartment of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Nitte (Deemed to be University), AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (ABSMIDS), Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Raksha BhatDepartment of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Nitte (Deemed to be University), AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (ABSMIDS), Mangalore, Karnataka, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) being declared a global public health emergency has become a significant challenge for all healthcare workers, including dentistry, recognised as a high-risk profession during these times. This consensus statement aims to highlight and provide guidelines necessary to be implemented for a clinical dental practice. MATERIALS AND

methodsA total of nine conservative Dentists and Endodontists and one Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon; with four panelists from government dental colleges, one each from the North, South, East and West India and six resource persons from private colleges in South India, all of them being clinicians and administrators practicing dentistry since the inception of the pandemic, collaborated in this consensus statement. The consensus statement was developed through a symposium conducted on the topics; general dental practice during COVID-19 times, the importance of aerosols in clinical dental practice in the spread of COVID-19, effective standard operating protocols for clinical dental practice and Institutional settings with scientific evidence-based justifications, followed by a panel discussion with to devise mandatory protocols to be followed in clinical and institutional settings. The symposium was attended by 46 practitioners who participated in the deliberation.

resultsThis consensus statement provides clinicians and researchers with protocols for the dental practice, agreed upon by experts in the field. The Consensus Statement has been formulated according to the AGREE Reporting checklist for the formulation of guidelines.

conclusionThe experts and panelists reached a Consensus on the protocols and guidelines for the safe clinical and institutional dental practice.

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COVID-19Practice Management, DentalHumansPandemicsPublic HealthSARS-CoV-2

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PMID33887076
PMCPMC8250248

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