Oral Health Matters: The Ethics of Providing Oral Health During COVID-19

Oral health is a critical part of overall health. The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of oral health. In this article, we describe how dental practice has been impacted by COVID-19, identify the public health response to COVID-19, and explain the gradual resumption of dental...

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Autores principales: Elster, Nanette, Parsi, Kayhan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7809093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33449231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10730-020-09435-3
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spelling pubmed-78090932021-01-15 Oral Health Matters: The Ethics of Providing Oral Health During COVID-19 Elster, Nanette Parsi, Kayhan HEC Forum Article Oral health is a critical part of overall health. The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of oral health. In this article, we describe how dental practice has been impacted by COVID-19, identify the public health response to COVID-19, and explain the gradual resumption of dental care after the initial disruption due to the pandemic. Finally, we discuss how long-standing health disparities in oral health have been exacerbated by the current pandemic. Springer Netherlands 2021-01-15 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7809093/ /pubmed/33449231 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10730-020-09435-3 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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