Clinical Leadership

Dental practices should encourage physical distancing as an important strategy to prevent virus transmission, according to updated CDC guidelines.

The CDC made changes Aug. 4 to its interim infection control guidelines for dental settings.

Two Colorado dental practices have been tied to COVID-19 outbreaks, CBS affiliate KKTV reports.

Face mask mandates were issued in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana and Montana within the last week, CNN reports. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom halted indoor operations for many businesses July 13 to slow the transmission of COVID-19, the California Dental Association reports.

The Mississippi State Department of Health has ordered a temporary ban on nonemergency medical procedures in response to the state's personal protective equipment shortages and growing number of COVID-19 cases.

The World Health Organization has said the novel coronavirus can linger in the air indoors.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said July 8 that he would suspend elective surgeries again if needed, according to WLTX.

The University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry failed to implement several COVID-19 safety practices, several residents and faculty members told the Daily Bruin.

Albany, N.Y.-based dentist Larry Kotlow, DDS, is warning other dentists reopening their practices about the perils of using masks with valves, according to local NBC affiliate WNYT.