Dentists

About 69 percent of dentists' total weekly collections were less than 5 percent of what is typical for their practice, according to a poll by the ADA Health Policy Institute for the week of April 6.

Here's the latest roundup of dentists making headlines.

Seattle-based UW School of Dentistry has amassed $40 million in debt due to "poor decision-making and challenges beyond their control," according to a state auditor report cited by The Daily.

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.

Dentists at Waterford, Mich.-based Stannard, Studt and Tironi Dentistry and others across the country are reevaluating what is considered emergency dental care, according to Detroit's FOX 2 News,

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.

The Louisiana State University School of Dentistry in New Orleans has launched an initiative to 3D print personal protective equipment for front-line workers, according to New Orleans City Business.

Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina Adams School of Dentistry has opened a teledentistry platform for patients and providers, according to an April 6 The Daily Tar Heel report.

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.