Covid-19 y la odontología latinoamericana para pacientes con necesidades especiales
Date
2021Author
Figueiredo, Márcia Cançado
Armas-Vega, Ana del Carmen
Muñoz Martínez, Andrea
Agudelo-Suárez, Andrés A.
Carletto-Korber, Fabiana Pía Marina
Medina Quiñónez, Gloria Beatriz
Liberman Perlmuter, Judith
De Ceballos Zambrano, Olga
Melgar Hermoza, Rosa Ana
Melgar, Ximena Concha
Quiñones Lazcano, Verónica
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4279-5417https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3800-8166
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4633-0713
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8079-807X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4417-0592
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0995-6178
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-9306
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6560-9146
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5426-4728
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5590-3309
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Latin America has become the most affected region by the COVID-19 pandemic in the world. People with special needs?an already vulnerable population?are suffering terrible consequences on account of this crisis. These people need to be protected and cared for at all times. Therefore, a group of lecturers from ten Latin American countries came together to analyze the regional situation of dental care for patients with special needs. Every country shows evidence that lockdowns and movement restrictions interrupt these people?s access to essential goods and services. The general course of action regarding dental care is to postpone routine procedures unless they are clinically urgent or an emergency, implement strict personal protection measures and avoid or minimize processes that may produce aerosols. Remote dental care is considered essential these days since it allows practitioners to assess the need for face-to-face care and offer support, information, and safety to patients and families. The pandemic has shown us all that supporting health promotion is the true path and that we should not wait until conditions that affect people?s quality of life appear to act.