Covid-19 pandemic: Infection control in dental health care of infected patients-a state concept

ABSTRACT

Abstract In December 2019 an outbreak of a new corona virus was reported in the city Wuhan, China. End of January, the WHO declared this development as a public health emergency of international concern (WHO, 2020). Germany reported a rapidly increasing number of 186,461 infected persons in the period from February to June (Robert-Koch-Institut, 2020). This pandemic, caused by a respiratory disease, presents the dental profession with an unprecedented challenge in terms of dental care for the population.