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“Given that we have only really known about Covid-19 for about 130 days, robust evidence to inform how to approach re-opening is scarce or non-existent. Professor Clarkson explained, “There is now an urgent need to map out how dental services are to return to providing wider patient care.

The review group, led by the University of Dundee’s Professor Janet Clarkson alongside the University of Aberdeen’s Professor Craig Ramsay, collated numerous published sources to create an overview of international recommendations of how dentistry can prepare to move forward in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, dental professionals are focused on planning a safe and effective way to re-open and restructure services.Ī University of Dundee team, in collaboration with the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP), NHS Education for Scotland, the Universities of Aberdeen and Manchester, and Cochrane Oral Health, have conducted a rapid review of internationally produced guidance for re-opening dental services. The current situation has resulted in the closure or reduction of dental services across the world. A rapid review of recommendations to re-open dental services, led by academics from the Universities of Dundee and Aberdeen, has been praised by the World Health Organisation and the Scottish Government.Īs is the case with many healthcare services, dentistry has been widely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
