Local Studies

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdmed.2020.573103/full

“ These include, but are not limited to, lectures, group discussions, and case presentations. Blended
learning techniques with a limited traditional place-based classroom method will be adapted to facilitate
activities that require the use of the laboratory and/or a simulator. “

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/covid-19-and-dentistry-challenges-and-opportunities-providing-safe-care

“ In mid-May, the CDC published updated interim infection prevention and control guidance for the
dental setting outlining recommendations for resuming non-emergency dental care and facility and
equipment recommendations, as outlined above. “

Local Literature

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Pandemic+affected+capability+of+school+clinics+to+provide+services+
to...-a0655550532

“ Dr. Leoncio Del Corro, the DepEd-Regional III Supervising Dentist, noted that the pandemic "affected
the capability of school clinics" to provide medical and dental services to their stakeholders. “

https://www.tatlerasia.com/style/wellness/covid-19-news-what-impact-is-the-covid-19-pandemic-
having-on-childrens-dental-health

“ Sarah Clark, who co-directed the study, says that these children, who are already struggling to find a
dentist outside of the pandemic period, have had to cope with the reduction of some preventive dental
services in schools or public dental clinics during the health crisis.”

https://manila.ceu.edu.ph/articles-page/ceu-approved-to-reopen-campus-for-limited-face-to-face-
classes-on-selected-health-science-programs/

“ The University’s laboratories and facilities are ready and equipped to cater to the needed hands-
on training of the students. It is through the phantom heads in the dental clinical laboratories that
the dentistry students will be able to practice dental procedures. “
Foreign Studies

https://bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12903-020-01341-x

“ The closure of dental clinics because of the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted dental services to the
patients. Moreover, the Irish Dental Association mentioned that about 75% of dental practitioners are
expecting a financial loss of over 70% during the outbreak [13]. Besides, it has been mentioned that
dental practitioners could be infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, unnoticeably, and become carriers of
the virus [14]. As a result, the dental services were limited to the emergency and urgent cases during the
early days of the pandemic [15]. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on dental practice in Iran by conducting an online questionnaire among dentists and finding
their perspectives on the subject. ”

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jdd.12814

“ Ninety-two percent of dental school clinics suspended community-based patient care experiences
outside the dental school in the first eight months of the pandemic compared to the same time period
the year prior.”

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1991790220301690

“ The third part is a Clinical skill training in terms of Internship training which is the most important
infrastructure of dental education. There will be close contact between the intern doctor and the
patient as well as the teacher. This part is also the most difficult part of dental education to deal with in
a pandemic environment. “
Foreign Literature

https://www.dovepress.com/dental-care-in-the-arab-countries-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-an-info-
peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-RMHP

“ Among 1,150 oral health-related information tweets included, the most common tweets related to
oral health were needs of dental treatment (n=462, 39.5%), followed by dental service-related
information during COVID-19 pandemic (n=296, 25.3%), information about the prevention (n=257,
n=22.0%), and home oral care information (n=155, 13.2%). Of the 155-home oral care information
tweets, information about dental advise (n=89, 57.4%) witnessed the most tweets as well as information
about the daily oral care (n=59, 38.1%) and the remainder were tweets about dental consultation (n=7,
4.5%). “

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211027006174/en/Full-Promise-of-Teledentistry-Hinges-
on-Dental-Education-ADEA-Report-Finds

“ At the same time, the report—“Teledentistry: Innovation to Improving Access and Delivery to Oral
Health Care Services in Dental Education”—said dental education is key to fully realizing that potential
because of the need to train future dentists on the latest in teledentistry models and processes. “

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/10/26/hsdm-dean-lauds-covid-19-response/

“ The Dental School’s active engagement in clinical care and small class size have lent themselves well to
in-person learning throughout the course of the pandemic, according to Giannobile. The school hosted
third and fourth-year dental students in-person for pre-clinical and limited clinical education beginning
July 6, 2020, with a full campus return in January 2021.”