Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute infectious disease leading to a global pandemic. Dental professionals (dental staff, academics) and students are one part of the healthcare workers that face the greatest severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) risk. Consequently, several measures were imposed to limit the spread of the virus, the overload of the health system, and to protect the dental professionals and students. This brief communication focuses on chronology of COVID-19 related events, the temporary modifications, and the potential impacts on dental education in France
Highlights
Specialty EducationThere are currently 16 public dental schools in France, all are government-owned
University Diplomas which are training courses in endodontics are delivered by some universities
Specific endodontic training is not compulsory, its acquisition is strongly recommended to have a limited exercise to endodontics
Summary
There are currently 16 public dental schools in France, all are government-owned. In France, dental surgery studies last 6–9 years after the bachelor’s degree and take place in a training and research unit (UFR) in odontology of the French university. In France, the scope of undergraduate dental (including endodontics) education is defined by French ministry of higher education, research and innovation in accordance with frame of the 2005 European directive (1) This directive concerns both the duration of studies (5,000 h of theoretical and practical training) or the compulsory subjects (basic, medico-biological, general medical, oral disciplines) in order to harmonize training between different member countries. The total lock down in France lasted from March 1, 2020, to May 11, 2020 During this period, only strict emergency clinical care was allowed either in hospital or in selected dental offices. The return to practice will have to face with new challenges such as respect of social distancing, management of patients that could not have been seen during the end of the academic year but TABLE 1 | Adapted from (guide soignant recommandations transitoires Conseil de l’ordre des chirurgiens-dentistes) (7). Each school has the freedom to organize its proper plans related to the COVID-19 situation such as duplicating Hand-on sessions to respect social distancing
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