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A New York dentist is treating an infant with a cleft lip and palate by offering drive-thru services amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to CBS affiliate WROC-TV.

The Commission on Dental Accreditation is rescheduling all remaining site visits to 2021 due to the pandemic, including regular/reaccreditation and special focused site visits.

A Kansas dentist helped a patient fix his own filling using email and video amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to NBC affiliate KSNT.

Colleen Lam, DMD, a Chinese American dentist based in Atlantis, Fla., has experienced adverse reactions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to NBC affiliate WPTV.

Nineteen percent of dentists said their offices are closed completely, while 76 percent said their offices were only treating emergency patients during the pandemic, according to an American Dental Association Health Policy Institute biweekly poll.

The Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations plans to launch a new clinical licensure exam in June, according to the American Dental Association.

Steven Huber, DDS, of Jefferson City, Mo.-based Huber Orthodontics, died from COVID-19, according to ABC's KMIZ.

A former receptionist at a New Jersey dental office filed a lawsuit April 2 claiming she was driven out of her job after complaining about a party culture promoted by her supervisor, according to The New York Post.

The American Dental Association released interim guidelines for dentists to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission before, during and after emergency dental treatments.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed an order March 23 banning dental providers from performing non-emergency procedures until April 13, dramatically decreasing patient numbers and shutting down some practices completely, according to the Memphis Business Journal.