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Dental Care During A Health Emergency In Mexico

Ayax Malacate, dental surgeon, explains correct brushing to a patient who attended a dental cleaning during the health emergency and an orange epidemiological traffic light, at his clinic located in Colonia Las Arboledas Tláhuac, Mexico City. Before the start of vaccination against covid-19 in Mexico, the dental union launched a campaign to make visible the need to be considered in the first stage of the National Vaccination Plan, since in their daily professional practice they are at risk of being infected with coronavirus by be in direct contact with the mouth and saliva of your patients. They argue that the saliva droplets and aerosols produced during a dental visit are the main means of transmission of the virus. (Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto)