DOI: 10.36347/sjds.2020.v07i11.002

Pages: 177-182

After the detection of 1st few cases of SARS COV-2 in Wuhan city in China in late 2019 little did we know that it will have such a gripping effect all over the globe. Health care workers were challenged in giving optimum services to the patients infected with Covid-19 and at the same time prevent cross infections. Since the spread has been rampant through nasopharyngeal and salivary secretions providing dental care to on going patients or emergency cases, had to meet with changes in routine standard operating procedures. How dentistry tried to combat the new changes by modifying regular practice will be discussed in this article.