Launching a public statewide tele(oral)medicine service in Brazil during COVID-19 pandemic.

The State of Santa Catarina is located in the South of Brazil, covering an area of 95,730 km2 , and is divided into 295 municipalities, with an estimated population of 7.164.788 inhabitants. Specialised medical facilities are centralised in urban centres. The State has 39 registered Oral Medicine (OM) specialists (one per 183,700 inhabitants).