Recommendations from healthcare providers are a strong determinant of vaccine acceptance, which is why dentists play a key role in reducing public vaccine hesitancy, according to the California Dental Association.
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Irving, Texas-based U.S. Oral Surgery Management has established its first partnership in Mississippi, the company said in an April 27 announcement shared with Becker's.
The Olympia-Tumwater area of Washington state is the top-paying metropolitan area for general dentists, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.
As COVID-19 cases decline across California, a dental practice in Santa Barbara, Calif., is busy with a backlog of patients who are now ready to get back on the schedule after missing routine care, local ABC/CBS affiliate KEYT reported April…
Almost all dentists are using their COVID-19 relief funding to retain staff, according to the American Dental Association's latest COVID-19 economic impact survey.
An Oklahoma orthodontist, along with his wife and son, were killed in a plane crash April 23, Fox affiliate KOKI-TV reports.
Raul Escalante, DDS, a San Marcos, Calif.-based dentist, sees growth opportunities as new technologies and techniques emerge in dentistry.
Among 921 pediatric patients who were tested for COVID-19 upon arrival to their dental appointment, 2.3 percent tested positive, according to research published in the April edition of the Journal of the American Dental Association.
Forty-five percent of dental students and 23 percent of medical students said they were hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine, with bivariate analyses finding medical students 2.7 times more likely than dental students to get the vaccine, according to a…
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