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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4332</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2022.14301</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Dental Practice Adaptations in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic in Delhi-National Capital Region&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Neelam</surname><given-names>Singh</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Natasha</surname><given-names>Gupta</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Shradha</surname><given-names>Singh</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Deborah</surname><given-names>Sybil</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>1</day><month>02</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>1</fpage><lpage>5</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Today the world seems to have turned topsy turvy due to unwanted and unseen circumstances owing to the contagious SARS-COV-2 virus. Everybody__ampersandsignrsquo;s life seems to have altered. Dental professionals were impacted too by this. In this study, our aim was to assess dental practice modifications made by dentists practicing in Delhi and nearby National Capital Regions. Aim: The study aimed to understand the changes that were adapted to routine practice in order to fight the deadly virus and not compromise the dental care that was required by the patients at the time of the pandemic. Methodology: This study was based on Google form objective pattern, validated questionnaire, and disseminated using various online communication means among 200 dentists practicing in Delhi. The survey included MCQ questions enquiring about the mode of the dental practice, patient flow per day, services provided, adherence to evolving infection control measures, effectiveness and usage of teledentistry, and duration of restricted services in response to a lockdown of 2020. Results: Overall, 105 dentists contributed to this survey. In this survey, we found that periodontal and esthetic services like implantology were most affected. The most rendered service was Oral Medicine during the lockdown owing to Covid 19. All the practicing dental professionals tried to implement all the guidelines given by WHO and IDA. Personal protective methods were preferred by 81% of professionals followed by sanitation methods. Various means to prevent infection were resorted to by most of the dentists while others maintained a time gap between the patients along with cross ventilation methods to stop the spread. Moreover, 52.4% of them preferred online patient scheduling and others have favored teleconsultation as most useful for catering patients during this pandemic. Conclusion: This study highlights the scope and usage of newer methods of dental consultation such as teledentistry or teleconsultations in the routine dental practice and especially during the hours of need like at the times of lockdown so that the dental concerns of all classes of people can be addressed too without increasing the risk of spread of the disease.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> COVID-19</kwd><kwd> Dental Health Survey</kwd><kwd> Dental Services</kwd><kwd> Questionnaire</kwd><kwd> Preventive Guidelines</kwd><kwd> Teledentistry</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
