Providing oral healthcare during a global pandemic presents challenges, including the effective management of dental aerosols produced during ultrasonic instrumentation.

Oral health professionals have an important role to play in reducing the prevalence of this virus.

As dental practices reopen for elective procedures, oral health professionals will need to be prepared to protect themselves and patients from dental aerosols.

Oral health professionals should remain up-to-date on COVID-19 to prevent its transmission in the dental practice.

With the concern about COVID-19, my area recently had something else to be worried about—an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease. When we return to treating patients, what can I do to prevent this?

The safety of clinicians and patients in the dental office rests on adherence to evidence-based infection control standards.

In light of declining vaccination rates, oral health professionals need to be knowledgeable about current vaccine recommendations so they can best advise their patients and support public health.

Oral health professionals must be knowledgeable about the human papillomavirus and its vaccine to effectively educate their patients.

The following strategies will help oral health professionals prevent and manage infection control exposure events.

Taking basic precautions can help protect patients and dental teams from the cross-transmission of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.