Ashanti D. Braxton, DDS, is a tenured associate professor in the Department of General Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry in Memphis. She has been in dental academia for the past 9 years and truly enjoys educating dental students about providing preventive and comprehensive dental care to all populations. Braxton is also a member of the American Dental Association, Tennessee Dental Association, and Memphis Dental Society.
In these first-person accounts, three dentists—at varying points in their professional careers—share their successes, failures, and hopes for the future as they navigate the “new normal” of practicing dentistry in the age of COVID-19.