Abstract:
Oral health professionals are at high risk of developing
COVID-19 infection due to their practice of close
proximity to the patients. Patients in daily dental practice
can be seen with basic protection protocol. Routine and
elective dental procedures should be cancelled during this
pandemic situation and could be rescheduled when the
situation eases. In practice, as of universal prevention
strategy, all patients should be assumed as COVID-19
infected and treated accordingly. Adequate standards of
hygiene and protection should be adopted for all patients
to avoid potential transmission risks. During the
COVID-19 pandemic, it would be crucial to categorize
oral and maxillofacial surgery cases into: emergency
case, urgent case, intermediate case and low priority
cases. While there has been a growing literature
suggesting the aspect of critical care associated in
treating these patients, ample of evidence indicates how
this COVID-19 pandemic will affect surgical practice.
Here we highlight the current unfavorable situation due
to COVID -19 and offer recommendations for changes to
dental and maxillofacial surgical practices.
Key Words: Bangladesh, COVID-19, Dentist, Maxillofacial
Surgeon, Recommendation