Safety measures before and during the covid-19 pandemic in dental clinic setup: a survey.

Author: 
Dr.VrushaliBhoir, Dr.Apoorva Mhatre and Dr.Devanand G Shetty

Background:  SARS COV-2 virus causes severe acute respiratory syndrome.  This  viral  infection  that  originated  in  Wuhan  has  rapidly  spread  to  the  entire  world  and  led  to  an  outbreak  of  a  pandemic.  As  the  dentist  and  the  dental  assistant  team  are  in  vicinity  of  oral  cavity,  which  can  be  a  source  of  infection,  a  survey  was  carried  out  to  study  the  safety  protocols  followed  by  the  dentists  in  the  present  situation  during  the  outbreak  of  COVID-19  infection.

Materials  and  Methods: A  questionnaire  was  circulated  through  Google  forms  and  compromised  of  16  questions. Completed questionnaires were only included in the study. 

Results:  Most  of  the  respondents  had  thorough  knowledge  about  the  sterilisation  protocols. 

Conclusion:  It  was  observed  that  the  practices  followed  before  the  outbreak  of  infection  were  safe  and  that  most  of  the  respondents  in  India  had  adequate  knowledge  about  the  protocols  that  had  to  be  followed  during  the  COVID-19  times.

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5351-5354
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DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/23956429.ijcmpr202010916
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