Pan-dent-emic: safety considerations for dental surgery in the era of COVID-19 (12 April 2021)

Summary

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in dental treatments having to be planned and carried out with extreme caution, with dental facilities and staff adapting to put in place appropriate infection control measures and safety precautions. This article, published in Patient safety in surgery, provides a summary of precautionary and prophylactic measures in preventing the cross-infection and the nosocomial spread of the infection in a dental setting.