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cord-261439-xfsqzadd	Sohal, Karpal Singh	Oral and maxillofacial surgical services amid COVID-19 pandemic: perspective from Tanzania	2020-08-17		.txt	text/plain	1835	99	47	Considering that the virus can be passed on directly from person to person through respiratory droplets, contact, fomites, and saliva, the oral and maxillofacial surgeons are exposed to COVID-19 in their daily clinical duties. As such, there is a need for having locally tailored standard guidelines for managing patients with oral and maxillofacial conditions during the COVID 19 pandemic in Tanzania. Some institutions have laid out guidelines/recommendations on the management of patients with oral and maxillofacial conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic [8, 10, 11] . Performing SARS-CoV-2 tests to all patients admitted in oral and maxillofacial surgical wards on a routine basis as suggested by some authors [11] is not practical in our situation. The creation of locally tailored standard guidelines for managing patients with the oral and maxillofacial conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic should be emphasized. Approaches to the management of patients in oral and maxillofacial surgery during COVID-19 pandemic	./cache/cord-261439-xfsqzadd.txt	./txt/cord-261439-xfsqzadd.txt