Orders allowing Arkansas dentists to resume elective procedures are "ill-conceived" and "sow confusion and disorder," according to a letter from the Arkansas State Dental Association, KATV News reports.
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Crest and Oral-B have granted the American Dental Association $250,000 to support new dentists and their teams amid the pandemic, according to a May 15 release by the ADA.
Dentists in West Virginia said they were disappointed after each receiving a large box of personal protective equipment, only to find a handful of supplies inside, according to WCHS.
Routine dental care may never be the same, and visits to the dentist are more likely to resemble hospital visits due to screening and safety precautions, Alec Parker, DMD, executive director of the North Carolina Dental Society, told the Charlotte…
A Wisconsin dental practice has been busy since resuming elective procedures at the end of April, according to WSAW NewsChannel 7.
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Receiving support from Aspen Dental has been invaluable to a Florida dentist, and she predicts more dentists may lean on DSOs during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite more than half a million dental job losses in April, the industry could bounce back, with 48 percent of practices in 28 states fully staffed for the first week of May, according to CNBC.
A Georgia dentist filed a class-action lawsuit May 8 against insurers that denied claims for lost income because of the pandemic, according to Atlanta radio station WSB.
Healthcare employment declined by 1.4 million in April, led by losses in dental offices, with 503,000 related unemployment claims filed in the last month, according to a May 8 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Stories about how dental offices were operating amid the COVID-19 pandemic were the most read in April.