Oral Health and COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic increases the risk of oral diseases, oral healthcare disparities due to closer or reduced working hours of the dentists. On March 16, 2020, the American Dental Association recommended dentists postpone elective dental care and only provide emergency dental care until the earliest April 6, 2020 (Brian, Z & […]
Oral Health and COVID-19 List of ten citations for the studies that I plan to review as part of my paper. Brian, Z & Weintraub, J.A. (2020). Oral health and COVID-19: Increasing the need for prevention and access, Preventing chronic disease, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd17.200266 Crawford, E. & Taylor, N. (2020). The effective use of an e-dentistry […]
Oral Health and COVID-19 Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world in various ways. The highly infectious disease has affected patients who cannot visit clinics for oral health services. Oral healthcare services increase the risk of transmission of viral disease (Kranz et al., 2021). On March 16, 2020, the American Dental Association recommended that […]
Oral Health and COVID-19 Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic increases the risk of oral health disparities due to lack of quality access to oral care services during the pandemic. During the lockdown, patients experience poor access to oral care services. The problem started when the American Dental Association declared postponement of elective dental care. Handling only […]