Gayathri Bandari¹*, Shanti Priya Kota², Dubhakunta Sriteja³, Ganji Devi⁴, M Rajesh⁵ and Koineni Rajender⁶

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Malla Reddy Institute of Dental Sciences, Hyderabad, India
²Associate Professor, MNR Dental College and Hospital, India
³Private Dental Practitioner, Hyderabad, India
⁴Senior Lecturer, C.K.S Theja Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, India
⁵Senior Lecturer, HKE's Nijalingappa Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, India
⁶Senior Lecturer, HKE's. S. Nijalingappa Institute of Dental SCIENCES and Research, India

*Corresponding Author: Gayathri Bandari, Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Malla Reddy Institute of Dental Sciences, Hyderabad, India.

Received: July 17, 2023; Published: August 11, 2023

Abstract

On January 30, 2020, the world health organization [WHO] designated an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in humans to be a “public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), this was followed by the declaration of a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Ever since then, it has been clear that practicing Dentistry in the future (post -covid) is never going to be the same as the pre-covid -19 era. This article aims at providing a brief overview of the specific recommendations for dental practice, patient screening, infection control strategies and patient management protocol during this covid times.

Keywords:Coronavirus Disease; Prosthodontics; Aerosol

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Citation

Citation: Gayathri Bandari., et al. “Prosthodontics During Novel Corona Virus".Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 7.9 (2023): 54-58.

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Copyright: © 2023 Gayathri Bandari., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.