title: The MERS-CoV outbreak: challenges facing the dental profession.
authors.affiliation: BDS, MDS, PhD, FDS, RCPS (Glas) Professor, Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry College of Dentistry, King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, e-mail: drsanil@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sukumaran
authors.affiliation: BDS, MDS, Associate Professor, Department of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, e-mail dr.ravipatil@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shankargouda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patil
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D003815:Dentists; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D019552:Infection Control, Dental / Q000379:methods; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D065207:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / Q000502:physiology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States; D014944:World Health Organization