Future of implants in dentistry post covid-19 pandemic

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Abhimanyu Sharma, Dhirendra Srivastava, Lokesh Chandra and Sonal Mishra

The corona virus has presented a global crisis for health care workers and has evoked variable response from different parts of the planet. It is of extreme importance to evaluate the role of dental health care professionals in curbing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus. Currently elective dental services have been put on hold in fear of increased risk of cross infection in a dental setting. However there is still a need for delivering organised emergency dental care to a section of population presenting with severe dental ailments. Dental Implants are among the prime mode of dental services offered worldwide by majority of dentists in recent past. Therefore it is but obvious, that the whole dental fraternity, apart from being concerned about the need for additional protection and safety measures that need to be put in place to avoid transmission of COVID-19 in a dental office, will also be equally worried about the financial consequences amidst the economic instability worldwide.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2020.22507.4442
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