Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 19th May 2020 has issued guidelines for dental professionals in Covid-19 pandemic situation. Stating that dentists, auxiliaries as well as the patients undergoing dental procedures are at high risk of cross-infection as most dental procedures require close contact with the patients’ oral cavity, saliva, blood, and respiratory tract secretions. The ministry has advised that all patients must be treated with due precautions.
Further dental clinics in the Covid-19 containment zones will remain closed, however, they can continue to provide teleconsultation, and patients in the containment zone can seek ambulance services to travel to the nearby COVID Dental Facility.
The ministry also outlined the guidelines for maintaining ventilation and air quality management in stand-alone dental clinics and it also suggests maintaining air circulation with natural air through a frequent opening of windows and using an independent exhaust blower to extract the room air into the atmosphere.
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