Kansas health officials are looking to purchase nasal swabs from dental offices with 3D printers in an effort to increase the state's COVID-19 testing capacity, according to KSNT.
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Thirty-five percent of small-business owners say their business won't survive more than three months in current conditions, according to a new WalletHub report.
Pennsylvania hygienist Nicole Nabozny lost her job in mid-March and is now worrying about returning to work, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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.
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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.