COVID-19 and Dentistry: a Review of Recommendations and Perspectives for Latin America

Eder Alberto Sigua-Rodríguez; Jorge Luis Bernal-Pérez; Antonio Gabriel Lanata-Flores; Celeste Sánchez-Romero; Jaime Rodríguez-Chessa; Ziyad S. Haidar; Sergio Olate & Liogi Iwaki Filho

Summary

COVID-19 is a profound, highly contagious and life-threatening viral disease that will be with us for a long time. Health Care-related professions and life in its entirety are significantly, and perhaps irreversibly affected, all around the World. COVID-19 is and will continue to transform Dentistry and its practise. Based on the available evidence accrued to date, this work attempts to address such changes, current and anticipated, as well as present recommendations for clinical practise implementation, tailored for Latin/South America, in light of such lifealtering momentous pandemic.

PALABRAS CLAVE: COVID-19, odontología, recomendaciones, Latinoamérica.

How to cite this article

SIGUA-RODRIGUEZ, E. A.; BERNAL-PÉREZ, J. L.; LANATA-FLORES, A. G.; SÁNCHEZ-ROMERO, C.; RODÍGUEZ-CHESSA, J.; HAIDAR, Z. S.; OLATE, S. & IWAKI FILHO, L. COVID-19 and dentistry: a Review of recommendations and perspectives for Latin American. Int. J. Odontostomat., 14(3):299-309, 2020.