Dental Student's Education in the ERA of Pandemic: From Reality to Virtuality: Lessons to be Learned

The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] has become a major public health challenge for many countries around the world. The global lockdown of educational institutions is going to cause major disruption to students' learning and cancellation of their yearly assessments. Dental students are particularly at risk, due to the possibility of aerosols produced in many dental procedures that were suggested as a way of transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Shifting to online learning is needed in this era.