Dental Care and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Precautionary Principle and the Best Available Evidence

• Main Authors: Cassiano Kuchenbecker Rösing (Author), Juliano Cavagni (Author), Gerson Pedro José Langa (Author), Thais Mazzetti (Author), Francisco Wilker Mustafa Gomes Muniz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Association of Support to Oral Health Research (APESB), 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The precautionary principle is part of evidence-based healthcare and is used both preventively and therapeutically when there is no available evidence about how to manage problems/diseases/conditions that are especially life-threatening. However, since it is not always based in the most qualified ev...