Epidemiology of dental health: A guidance to manage dental problems in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in India

Abstract

COVID-19 is a virus belonging to the family of coronaviridae comprising large, single, plus-stranded RNA as their genome. Two out of four genera of coronavirus, a-CoV and ß-CoV cause infection and directly affects respiratory tract in humans. During the global pandemic situation, dental care consultation and management of oral diseases is the biggest challenge for the dentist to treat their patient because of the high chances of transmission of this disease. This article aims to provide basic guidelines for practising during COVID-19 in the dental care settings with preventive and control measures approved by the health department. Furthermore, this also encourages new researchers to explore more relation between COVID- 19 and oral health by incorporating technologies practising teledentistry. Keywords: COVID-19, Oral health, Pandemic, Dental emergencies, SARS-CoV.