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There are several ways dentists can offset the rising cost of maintaining a safe environment, according to the California Dental Association.

Dentists across the U.S. are spending thousands on new devices and air filters as they reopen, but are still struggling to obtain the basics to protect themselves and others, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Mortenson Dental Partners, a dental service organization founded in Middletown, Ky., has shared strategies it used to adapt to the changing dental landscape during the pandemic.

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About 75 percent of patients have been comfortable returning to see the dentist, Rajiv Taneja, DMD, a dentist in Austintown, Ohio, told WBKN-TV.

Only 27 percent of employed dentists reported being paid fully for the week of May 18, compared to 58 percent of dentists reporting paying staff in full, according to an American Dental Association Health Policy Institute biweekly poll.

Stories about dental offices reopening during the pandemic were the most read in May.

As dental treatment volume increased for the week ending May 10, overall national treatment volume is still at 27 percent of the pre-COVID-19 weekly average, according to a May 19 news release from P&R Dental Strategies and DentalMarketIQ.

Some New York dentists may spend up to $30,000 preparing to reopen, though they still don't know when they will be allowed to resume routine care, according to Syracuse.com.

A Wisconsin dentist who used his dental practice employees to fill oxycodone prescriptions for his own use received three years' probation, with the first six months in home confinement, according to the Portage Daily Register.