Scenario V: Back to the Future: An optimal scenario for pandemic 2026 based on lessons from COVID‐19
Since the 2020 pandemic, dental schools have hired research faculty with expertise in virology. Collaborations among dental schools, their parent universities, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have devised salivary and crevicular fluid testing platforms that are readily adaptable for viral infections. Significant changes to the modus operandi of oral health providers have occurred during recent years.
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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9015623/