The American Dental Association and Bayer collaborated to create a teaching tool that recommends considering nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to manage acute pain.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Georgetown (Mass.) Dental for seven safety measure violations.
Since reopening in early June, Tammy Chen, DDS, has seen at least one patient with a tooth fracture every day, according to a New York Times article penned by the dentist.
Illinois will need to recruit additional health professionals to administer COVID-19 vaccines, including dentists and dental hygienists, said Ngozi Ezike, MD, director of the state health department.
Dentists have always been concerned with making sure their patients are in a safe environment, but the COVID-19 pandemic has driven infection control procedures to be an unequivocally top-of-mind topic as they continue to provide care for patients who are…
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Healthy People 2030, a 10-year national plan by HHS aiming to improve public health and prevent disease, launched Aug. 18.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is donating emergency personal protective equipment kits to dentists across the state, according to NBC affiliate WPBN-TV.
Sixty percent of Americans surveyed said they were comfortable visiting a dentist and planned to schedule a routine checkup before the end of 2020, according to a survey commissioned by Pittsburgh-based North American Dental Group.
Some dentists are refuting recent claims that wearing masks could lead to dental problems, according to The Los Angeles Times.
The American Dental Association on Aug. 12 issued its response to the World Health Organization's recent recommendation that patients delay routine dental visits until the pandemic is more under control.