COVID-19 pandemic has strongly and rapidly affected routine lifestyle and consequently, dental business, practice, and education. During the pandemic period, most Governments worldwide made specific regulations or recommendations to close practices, to avoid non-urgent dental therapies and treat only dental emergencies. Some recent surveys showed how dentists perceived the COVID-19 risk and how they reacted: by modifying their way of working, by reducing aerosol producing procedures, by improving staff and patient's safety with the increased use of personal protective equipment, environmental disinfection and limited access to dental offices, increasing use of remote consulting and triage.
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