Sayene Garcia Batista

Research

The Importance of Minimal Intervention Dentistry after the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look to the Future

Article August 27, 2020

The new Coronavirus has caused thousands of deaths around the globe, challenged professionals, and collapsed the health systems of many countries, resulting in various measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 and minimize the number of deaths. In the face of this new scenario, researchers and health authorities have been outlining clinical recommendations for dental practice during and after the pandemic. The objective of this paper is to relate the Minimal Intervention Dentistry (MID) with a dental practice of less exposure to aerosols, and, therefore, safer in the current context, after the pandemic of COVID-19.