Legal liability facing COVID-19 in dentistry: Between malpractice and preventive recommendations

See https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1752928X21000081/pdfft?md5=e2a426ca98f7ca0b86a6a288bd0344bb&pid=1-s2.0-S1752928X21000081-main.pdf The dental profession is considered at high potential risk of exposure and transmission of SARS-Cov-2. Thus, dentists should implement special safety measures in order to prevent any possible contamination during dental sessions and should be aware of the legal implications of their act in order to avoid malpractice leading them to be a causative agent of transmission of this virus. This paper aimed to provide a global review on COVID-19 preventive recommendations at dental clinics and discussed the legal values of such procedures, the dentist criminal and civil liability arising from transmitting this virus to a patient,…