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    Global Impact of COVID-19 on Service Delivery and Vulnerable Populations’ Access to Dental Care
    (Taylor and Francis, 2020) Francisco Ramos-Gomez; Thomas Gerhard Wolf; Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan; Marcela Diaz-Betancourt; Gyanendra Kumar; Margherita Fontana; Guglielmo Campus
    COVID-19 is most commonly spread through aerosol droplets and contact with infected individuals and contaminated surfaces. The nature of how this virus is spread will affect the practice of dentistry for the foreseeable future. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the global impact of COVID-19 on dental professionals as well as highlight the barriers and challenges of global access to oral health care during the pandemic, especially among vulnerable populations.