The COVID-19 pandemic and dentistry: parts 1 and 2.

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The COVID-19 pandemic and dentistry: parts 1 and 2.

January 13, 2021

Coulthard P, Thomson P, Dave M, et al. Br Dent J. 2020;229:743-747; 801-805.

The COVID-19 pandemic suspended routine dental care. This two-part series discusses the clinical challenges facing the provision of routine dental care during the pandemic (Part 1) and the medical, legal, and economic consequences of withholding or delaying dental care (Part 2).

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