Delaying Intraoral Radiographs during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Conundrum.
Background. The COVID-19 pandemic has made dentists very assiduous about cross-infection during dental treatment, thereby delaying dental radiographs for treatment. However, patients needing dental emergency treatment in the ongoing pandemic require relevant intra/extraoral dental radiography for ad...
| Publicado en: | BioMed Research International pp. 1 - 6 |
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| Formato: | algorithm review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1/12/2022
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