Table 1: Key countermeasures considering the risk of exposure to COVID-19 infection during dental care provision.

Risk of exposure to COVID-19 infection during dental diagnostics and treatment	Countermeasures
	Avoiding dental visits except those that need emergence care provisions; postponed dental treatment
	Providing consultation and diagnostics through a teledentistry/telephone (remote) approach
	Scheduled patients’ visits with only one patient present in the waiting room and forming 30 minutes gap between patients to provide all the disinfection measures
	Disinfectants and mask for patients in the waiting room
	Decontamination of all dental instruments and dental units with sufficient exposure time after each patient
	Full PPE-set use by dental professionals
	Relevant disinfection and sterilization protocols within the dental office
	Preprocedural mouth rinse for patients
	Rubber dam, anti-retraction high-speed dental handpiece use