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The Provincial Dental Board of Nova Scotia has introduced a new protocol that restricts the treatment of dental emergencies to a limited number of locations as the result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

As of April 14, the Faculty of Dentistry emergency clinic, the oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic at the Victoria General Hospital, the department of pediatric dentistry at the IWK Health Centre, and five additional emergency clinics around the province are able to provide emergency dental care.

Links to protocols developed by the Faculty of Dentistry and to some additional resources can be found here:

Protocols and procedures:

• COVID-19 Standard operating procedures: NS satellite dental clinics (Faculty of Dentistry) Updated April 17, 2020
  
• PPE checklist for Nova Scotia (Faculty of Dentistry) Updated April 15, 2020
  
• Pharmacotherapy for dental emergencies during COVID-19 (Faculty of Dentistry)
• Pharmacotherapy for pediatric dental emergencies (new document, April 15, 2020)
• CDC Guidelines on Dental Treatment (new document, April 15, 2020)
  
• Safety at Work (new document, April 6, 2020)
• Satellite Clinic Quiz (new document, April 6, 2020)
  
• COVID-19 Dental Emergency Protocol (PDBNS)
  

Articles:

• Transmission routes of 2019-nCoV and controls in dental practice (International Journal of Oral Science)
• Coronavirus disease 2019: Emerging and future challenges for dental and oral medicine (Journal of Dental Research)
• Air guidelines for environmental infection control in health-care facilities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Rational use of personal protective equipment for coronavirus disease (WHO)
• Guidance for infection prevention and control in healthcare settings (NHS)