Ideal citizen in COVID-19: Dental perspectives

After more than half a century, the mankind is battling against another pandemic which is the COVID-19 caused by corona virus. The virus infects the respiratory system causing the illness. First isolated from the city of Wuhan in china, the virus has infected more than a crore, of the world population affecting the socio-economic life, thereby pushing the world economy into recession. Dental professionals are the major group of health workers most vulnerable to the spread of infection due to the increased risk of aerosols production during the treatments. This has foreground the need for attention to the profession of dentistry.