COVID-19 vaccines protect against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Dentists, along with other healthcare workers, are at increased risk of exposure to the virus due to their close contact with patients. As such, they are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
The COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective. It has been shown to be highly effective in preventing severe illness, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19. The vaccine is also effective against the variants of the virus that have been identified to date.
