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COVID-19 outbreak and dental health care provision in Nigeria: a national survey.

Timothy Olukunle AladelusiFoluso Ayobami AtibaShakeerah Olaide GbadeboYewande Isabella AdeyemoAdeola Adenike OlusanyaOladimeji Adeniyi Akadiri
Published in: BMC oral health (2021)
The general knowledge of dental personnel in our study population appears to be adequate on the common clinical features of COVID-19 but less adequate regarding the less common features. The COVID-19 pandemic has also modified some aspects of dental service delivery but more needs to be done in this regard. Preventive measures against the transmission of COVID-19 in dental practice settings include proper utilization of teledentistry, clinical triage, preprocedural 1% hydrogen peroxide oral rinses, and the use of appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which should always be encouraged.
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