**5. Conclusions**

The COVID-19 pandemic had an important impact on the psychological health of dentists, especially during the first wave of lockdown. The fear of contagion, the closure of dental offices or the severe reduction of dental services, the collapse of financial incomes and the expensive preventive measures that started to be applied in dental settings with an important pressure on the budget, and also difficulties in terms of the impediment of visibility and of medical maneuvers had consequences on general well-being among dentists. The results of the studies must be interpreted considering the geographical context and the epidemiological particularities of each country during the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Dentists and policymakers must recognize that the COVID-19 pandemic has an impact on the physical and mental health of health professionals and dentists alike.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, R.I. and M.I.; Data curation, R.I. and M.I.; Formal analysis, L.-M.P. and M.I.; Investigation, R.I., L.-M.P. and M.I.; Methodology, L.-M.P. and M.I.; Supervision, M.I.; Writing—original draft, R.I., M.I. and L.-M.P.; Writing—review and editing, R.I., L.-M.P. and M.I. All authors equally contributed to this paper. All authors equally contributed to the work reported. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Institutional Review Board Statement:** The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethical Committee of the Emergency County Hospital of Oradea, Romania, with the registration number No. 26214/18.11.2020. and by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oradea, Romania, with the registration No. 12/20.11.2020.

**Informed Consent Statement:** Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.

**Data Availability Statement:** The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
