The Covid-19 Pandemic and the DTJournal.org

We run the marathon of the Covid-19 pandemic, a novel and severe coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection, an unprecedented crisis in modern medical times. This crisis has profoundly stressed health care systems worldwide by testing the limits of their capabilities, and abruptly changed the way of delivering care to our patients. Every aspect of the medical field has been heavily affected, and Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery services are no exception during these difficult circumstances. In addition, it posed a strict limit in the freedom of travel, and highly altered the global product supply chain, including personal protective equipment for the hospitals and health care workers. It gave rise to an economic crisis, very different from the previous experienced, with the economies trying to follow, modify and adapt their plans according to the virus spread, transmission and severity of regional clinical picture. Our social lives are altered with the introduction of distancing measures, and the wearing of face masks. All scientific meetings, globally and nationally, are cancelled, postponed or transformed to virtual events. The rapid adoption of digital technology revolutionized the delivery of healthcare and education.