Bhattacharjee, BappadityaGupta, PinkiBhatnagar, AtulSingh, AnkitaSaneja, Ritu2020-11-182020-11-182020-11Bhattacharjee Bappaditya, Gupta Pinki, Bhatnagar Atul, Singh Ankita, Saneja Ritu. Effect of COVID-19 in geriatric individuals and role of a prosthodontist in clinical setup in Indian populations: a literature review. International Journal of Scientific Reports. 202 Nov; 6(11): 478-4842454-24562454-2164http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/213931Medical professionals including dentists are one of those high-risk professionals who can easily get affected by COVID-19 due to its highly contagious nature.Evaluating the molecular pathogenesis and the role of immune system in modulating symptoms it can be assumed that susceptibility of COVID-19 to older adults is more.This review aimed to summarize all the information available on electronic databases PubMed, PubMedcentral, Cochranedatabase related to the effect of COVID-19 ingeriatric individuals and guidelines for a prosthodontist during treatment of geriatric individuals in Indian population during this pandemic period.This review will focus on the characteristic symptoms and signs of COVID-19 in geriatric individuals and how the prosthodontists during treatment of geriatric individuals in Indian populations can better equip themselves to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in a clinical setup.COVID-19Geriatric patientsProsthodontic guidelinesSARS-CoV-2Journal ArticleIndiaDepartment of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh,India