Keywords
Maxillofacial Surgery
Abstract
At the time of submitting this article, we are entering our second week of the second national lockdown, due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. All our lives have been adversely affected by this insidious disease, both professionally and personally, and it is unlikely that our working environment will ever return to the ‘normal’ that we once knew. The first part of this article is intended to shed some light on our specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and how this pandemic has impacted upon our services at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMB). The second part will be a series of cases, to corroborate the difficulties encountered as a direct result of Covid-19.
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