Challenges of Dentistry in the Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Mariella Chávez Tuñón & Carmen Castro-Ruiz

Summary

The worlwide sanitary emergency caused by the Covid-19 Pandemy, has modified our costums and has showed big deficiencies in the latinoamerican health system. At present time, is crucial for the dentistry field and patients, that through the goverment Health Ministeries and Professionals organisms, emergency meausures be taken to help the dentist with the high cost of keeping the security of his personnel and patients in the dental practice during this pandemy.

KEY WORDS: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, dental, dentist.

How to cite this article

CHAVEZ, T. M. & CASTRO-RUIZ, C. Challenges of dentistry in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Int. J. Odontostomat, 14(3):325-326, 2020.