en پزشکی عمومى General medicine مروری Review Article <div style="text-align: justify;">The COVID-19 outbreak has led to increasing global concerns about infection control. Amid this pandemic, dentistry could be considered as one of the most high-risk medical sectors for health workers due to the high exposure to patients infected with this deadly virus.After the decline of the steep prevalence of COVID -19 cases, the dental associations have allowed dental offices to reopen under special circumstances by taking the necessary precautions and following the prescribed guidelines to keep both the dentists and their patients safe and healthy during the treatment.<br> The aim of this review is to present a policy to manage and facilitate the dental procedures in the dental practice routine amid coronavirus by focusing on the patients&rsquo; risk level in order to keep the possibility of COVID -19 transmission to a minimum.</div> COVID-19,Dentistry,Infection control,Patient risk, 69 81 http://goums.ac.ir/jorjanijournal/browse.php?a_code=A-10-800-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 ezatolah kazeminejad dr.kazeminejad@goums.ac.ir 10031947532846006610 000000030557767X Yes Dental Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran Negar Naghashpour ngr.dent@yahoo.com 10031947532846006611 0000000248685593 No Iranian Dental Association, Golestan Branch, Gorgan, Iran