COVID-19 and Progressive Orthodontics

INTRODUCTION: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 30th January 2020 so the practice of dentistry and orthodontics has come to a standstill. DESCRIPTION: The COVID-19 affects different people in different ways. The most common symptoms resemble very much to that of seasonal flu. Patients experience dry cough, rising fever and tiredness or shortness of breath. Clinical practice of Orthodontics during COVID-19 pandemic, facing such a difficult and highly contagious disease There are two ways in which you can handle them, remotely guiding and helping them with help of telecommunication and you can prepare your clinic by following all sanitization protocols and then keeping the clinic open only for such patients. Usage of Environment Protection agents, N95 masks, PPE kits and HEPA filters are some of the basic things to go about. CONCLUSION: With the ever changing scenario of the COVID-19 continuous monitoring of the local situation and one eye on the latest instructions given by the WHO and Health ministry should be followed.