COVID-19 pandemic and dental practice in Ghana

With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems and their provision of care has globally been challenged, including the delivery of Oral healthcare. In Ghana, it has become imperative that healthcare delivery including the practice of Dentistry and its sub-specialties be re-oriented in...

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Autores principales: Hewlett, Sandra A, Blankson, Paa Kwesi, Konadu, Akua B, Osei-Tutu, Kofi, Aprese, Dennis, Adjei, Maxwell, Yawson, Alfred E, Donkor, Peter, Nyako, Ebenezer A
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Publicado: Ghana Medical Association 2020
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Special Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8087368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33976448
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v54i4s.15
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author Hewlett, Sandra A
Blankson, Paa Kwesi
Konadu, Akua B
Osei-Tutu, Kofi
Aprese, Dennis
Adjei, Maxwell
Yawson, Alfred E
Donkor, Peter
Nyako, Ebenezer A
author_facet Hewlett, Sandra A
Blankson, Paa Kwesi
Konadu, Akua B
Osei-Tutu, Kofi
Aprese, Dennis
Adjei, Maxwell
Yawson, Alfred E
Donkor, Peter
Nyako, Ebenezer A
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description With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems and their provision of care has globally been challenged, including the delivery of Oral healthcare. In Ghana, it has become imperative that healthcare delivery including the practice of Dentistry and its sub-specialties be re-oriented in our peculiar setting to ensure minimal risk of spread of the infection. This article discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the practice of Dentistry in the country.
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spelling pubmed-80873682021-05-10 COVID-19 pandemic and dental practice in Ghana Hewlett, Sandra A Blankson, Paa Kwesi Konadu, Akua B Osei-Tutu, Kofi Aprese, Dennis Adjei, Maxwell Yawson, Alfred E Donkor, Peter Nyako, Ebenezer A Ghana Med J Special Article With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems and their provision of care has globally been challenged, including the delivery of Oral healthcare. In Ghana, it has become imperative that healthcare delivery including the practice of Dentistry and its sub-specialties be re-oriented in our peculiar setting to ensure minimal risk of spread of the infection. This article discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the practice of Dentistry in the country. Ghana Medical Association 2020-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8087368/ /pubmed/33976448 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v54i4s.15 Text en Copyright © The Author(s). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article under the CC BY license.
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Donkor, Peter
Nyako, Ebenezer A
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