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COVID-19: How animals are helping dental nurses to heal

The February issue of Dental Nursing celebrates the power of pets – and how they can make a difference to dental nurses whose role is often challenging amid this pandemic.

Our pets can be a fabulous source of comfort in times of stress. They boost our mental health and those that require regular exercise ensure we stay physically fit, too. They are great motivators and, in darker days, can pull us out of our gloom and doom in an instant.

They give us purpose and love us no matter what – arguably, unconditional affection rivalled by no human relationship we might experience.

The pandemic has been a challenge for all those people battling COVID-19 on the frontline and dental nurses are no exception.

With practices open, their job has been made more difficult with the additional PPE, stricter infection control protocols, and the handling of an increasing number of anxious patients who might nervous of the changes that have been made to their routine dental appointment.

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