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Dental News
SARS-CoV-2: Dentistry tops list of most dangerous jobs
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada/NEW YORK, U.S.: As more and more countries ease their lockdown restrictions, an increasing number of workers are returning to ...
DIY dentistry during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
LONDON, UK: As a result of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, dental practices across the world have been partially or completely shut down and routine dental ...
With new safety measures in place, Dentsply Sirona World 2020 is a go for Las Vegas in October
CHARLOTTE, N.C., USA: Dentsply Sirona World 2020 will take place Oct. 1–3 at the all-new Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, Dentsply Sirona announced in a press ...
Antibody testing for SARS-CoV-2: “We need to talk more about it”
LONDON, UK: Despite dental settings presenting a significantly elevated risk of infection for those in and beside the chair, testing patients for the ...
Webinar to discuss new hygiene protocols in dentistry
Many are calling it the post-pandemic era—the time in which we will simply have to live with the SARS-CoV-2 virus as part of our daily personal and ...
SARS-CoV-2: Aerosols in dentistry
NYON, Switzerland: In a recent blog post, Swiss company EMS Electro Medical Systems spoke about the great challenges the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has posed for ...
Importance of vitamin D in dentistry: Could it play a role in resistance to infectious diseases?
Vitamin D is a steroid hormone that is obtained through diet or synthesised in the skin from cholesterol when the skin receives adequate sun exposure (the ...
Survey highlights inadequate supply of PPE to front-line workers by hospitals
DAVOS, Switzerland: An international cross-sectional survey has found that most surgeons believed that the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) to ...
Good oral health may prevent severe COVID-19 progression
LEIPZIG, Germany: Given that little time has passed since the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, it comes as no surprise that only sparse data on COVID-19 is available...
New guidance issued for reopening American dental practices
WASHINGTON, U.S.: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is still ongoing, and countless stakeholders in the dental industry are feeling its effects. In an attempt to ...
Dental practices reopening across the world
LEIPZIG, Germany: Many governments have now eased public health restrictions, saying that their countries have overcome the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 ...
Will COVID-19 push orthodontics further into the digital space?
LEIPZIG, Germany: Patient volumes at orthodontic practices are expected to rebound quickly when practices reopen. Digital tools have helped orthodontists to...
Interview: Dentistry will be different once dental practice resumes
Dr. Leslie Fang is a world-renowned physician, educator and businessman who has been lecturing extensively about the implications of SARS-CoV-2 for ...
Dentist reported to police for using drone to take care of patient
WOMBOURNE, UK: In times of SARS-CoV-2, dentists are taking unusual measures to ensure that their patients receive medical care despite contact restrictions ...
Survey reveals how dentists are coping amid SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
CARY, N.C., U.S.: A recently released survey has investigated how dentists are managing their practices during the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the U.S. ...
Corona Relief Program: Free licence extension for exocad users
DARMSTADT, Germany: The worldwide spread of SARS-CoV-2 is presenting the dental industry with unprecedented economic and financial challenges. As an ...
Weighing up the new reality: Dental companies count cost of COVID-19
NEW YORK, U.S.: Dentistry faces an earnest struggle to adapt to what some have called the new reality. A series of investor updates from major dental ...
Waterlase dental laser minimizes risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission
IRVINE, Calif., U.S.: As dental offices are beginning to reopen, the American Dental Association has issued guidance recommending the reduction of aerosol ...
EFP devises SARS-CoV-2 safety protocol for dental patients and practices
BRUSSELS, Belgium: The provision of oral healthcare services has been severely affected all over the world by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic because of the risk of...
It is time to reopen dental clinics, ESCD urges
VIENNA, Austria: It is a matter of urgency that dental practices resume providing the full spectrum of oral care, according to the president of the European...
South African Dental Association says it cannot be "business of dentistry as usual”
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa: With nearly 8,000 infected people on 7 May, South Africa has the most SARS-CoV-2 cases of all African countries, closely ...
Safer dental clinics are just a swab away: Testing patients for SARS-CoV-2
LANSING, Mich., U.S.: Allowing dental professionals to test their patients for SARS-CoV-2 would decrease the high risk of transmission of the virus in ...
How cyclodextrins work: Five things we learned from Roquette
KRIENS, Switzerland: As the SARS-CoV-2 virus sweeps across the globe, companies are investigating potential agents that could help fight viruses. ...
IDS 2021 will be safe and successful event, organisers say
COLOGNE, Germany: The 39th International Dental Show (IDS) will take place next year from 9 to 13 March in Cologne. The organisers said that the event will ...
Henry Schein launches program to help dentists safely return to providing care
MELVILLE, N.Y., U.S.: Henry Schein has launched the Henry Schein Thrive Practice Recovery Program, which it describes as a single, cost-effective suite of ...
Elective dental procedures to restart in Australia as restrictions ease
SYDNEY, Australia: Thanks to Australia’s success in limiting the number of new SARS-CoV-2 cases each day, the national government announced last week that...
COVID-19 oddities: Why does Turkmenistan have zero cases?
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has resulted in more than 2.3 million confirmed ...
Dentists in Denmark and Norway go back to work
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Dental clinics in Denmark were permitted to reopen on 20 April, and Norwegian dentists have started to provide non-emergency treatment ...
COVID-19: How are Australian and New Zealand dentists faring?
SYDNEY, Australia: Though Australia and New Zealand have, thus far, been able to avoid the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, both nations’ economies have ...
Reducing aerosol viral load to minimise spread of SARS-CoV-2 in dental clinics
MUMBAI, India: Dentists and their patients are increasingly concerned about the elevated risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 in dental clinics, owing to the ...