Reshaping dental practice in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: Leapfrogging to Dentronics

Oral DiseasesVolume 28, Issue S2 p. 2556-2558 SHORT COMMUNICATION Reshaping dental practice in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: Leapfrogging to Dentronics Mahesh Jayaweera, Mahesh Jayaweera orcid.org/0000-0001-7686-3601 Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing - original draftSearch for more papers by this authorHemantha Amarasinghe, Corresponding Author Hemantha Amarasinghe [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-3925-7888 Training unit, Institute of Oral Health, Maharagama, Sri Lanka Menzies Heath Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Correspondence Hemantha Amarasinghe, Training unit, Institute of Oral Health, Maharagama, Sri Lanka. Email: [email protected] Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, ​Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this authorNewell W Johnson, Newell W Johnson orcid.org/0000-0001-5866-262X Menzies Heath Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Faculty of Dentistry and Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this author Mahesh Jayaweera, Mahesh Jayaweera orcid.org/0000-0001-7686-3601 Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing - original draftSearch for more papers by this authorHemantha Amarasinghe, Corresponding Author Hemantha Amarasinghe [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-3925-7888 Training unit, Institute of Oral Health, Maharagama, Sri Lanka Menzies Heath Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Correspondence Hemantha Amarasinghe, Training unit, Institute of Oral Health, Maharagama, Sri Lanka. Email: [email protected] Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, ​Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this authorNewell W Johnson, Newell W Johnson orcid.org/0000-0001-5866-262X Menzies Heath Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Faculty of Dentistry and Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this author First published: 22 October 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/odi.14043Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. 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