Brazilian Primary and Secondary Public Oral Health Attention: Are Dentists Ready to Face the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Anya Pimentel Gomes Fernandes Vieira MeyerMaíra B CoutinhoHelena P G SantosMaria V SaintrainGeorge T de M Candeiro

Published in: Disaster medicine and public health preparedness (2020)

The need of extra preventive barriers for dental treatment may bring an extra financial stress in the Brazilian public primary and secondary health care system, as well as in the patient-dentist relationship, which may have to be reframed. Internationally accepted public guideline policies regarding dental treatment safety, as well as the technological development of preventive tools, are needed to deal with the challenges brought by COVID-19.

Keyphrases

oral health
healthcare
mental health
coronavirus disease
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public health
emergency department
combination therapy
stress induced
replacement therapy
young adults
drug induced