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The number of coronavirus cases are surging across the U.S., and dentists are prepared to continue treating patients, but they're concerned about safety and how more missed appointments could affect patient health.

From dentists struggling to obtain sufficient personal protective equipment for their practices to a Dallas dentist wounded in a shooting at his practice, here are the dentists making headlines in the past two weeks.

Bellevue, Wis.-based dentist Paula Crum, DDS, was sworn in as the Wisconsin Dental Association's new president during its virtual house of delegates meeting, which took place Nov. 13 and 14.

Dentists have rapidly increased their use of teledentistry since the pandemic began, and 86 percent of patients reported being satisfied with the overall teledentistry experience, according to survey results released Nov. 19 by the DentaQuest Partnership.

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