Biosafety in dentistry on the context of COVID-19

Objectives: To compare the biosafety protocols of nine Latin American countries, the changes in biosafety measures under the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and their impact on dentistry. Methodology: A bibliographic search was carried out using the keywords "coronavirus", "dentistry", "biosecurity", "COVID-19", "pandemic", "dental care" and "protocols". Articles related to biosafety were searched through the COVID-19 category that were published between January and December 2020 in the databases SciELO, Redalyc, SCOPUS, the Regional Portal of the Virtual Health Library (VHL), official pages of the World Health Organization and ministries of health of Latin American countries. Conclusions: There is no great difference between the biosafety protocols of each country, except for some specific measures that are given according to their own context. It is obtained that the impact of COVID-19 in the economic and emotional sphere would be unfavorable.