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As dental practices reopen to treat nonemergency patients, some dentists may feel overwhelmed navigating the process of COVID-19 infection control compliance. Dentists have been inundated with mandates, guidelines and recommendations outlining the measures to take regarding personal protective equipment, procedural…
Only 12 percent of dental therapists in Minnesota said they were working either full time or on a reduced schedule, according to a recent survey cited by nonprofit Pew Trusts.
Southcentral Foundation, an Anchorage, Alaska-based nonprofit healthcare provider, fired three dentists after conducting an investigation of their record falsifications, according to Alaska Public Media.
Face mask mandates were issued in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana and Montana within the last week, CNN reports.
COVID-19 contractions that occur in California dental practices must be reported to the state's division of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration if the illness falls under the agency's serious illness reporting regulation.
Lexington-based University of Kentucky College of Dentistry has named Jeffrey Okeson, DMD, its dean, a decision made July 8 but still awaiting approval from the university's board of trustees.
A lawsuit dealing with a January 2019 ransomware incident at Boaz, Ala.-based Sarrell Regional Dental Center for Public Health has been dismissed by a federal judge due to lack of evidence that data was misused.
Seventy-five hand sanitizers are on an updated FDA list of products to avoid because of potential toxicity.
A Virginia man who was charged in March with the sexual assault of a minor and practicing unlicensed dentistry now faces 11 more charges, according to CBS affiliate WUSA.