The Covid-19 uncertainty and ethical dilemmas in dental practice

Indian J Med Ethics. 2021 Apr-Jun;VI(2):1-3. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2020.105.

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected dental practice globally. Proximity with patients and predominance of aerosol-generating procedures has raised concerns regarding the safety of dentists and patients alike. The near-total, yet inevitable, suspension of dental practice has raised several ethical issues.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Dentistry / standards*
  • Ethics, Dental*
  • Guidelines as Topic*
  • Humans
  • Pandemics*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires