When Untreated Tooth Decay Turns Deadly
A fatal case of sepsis linked to untreated dental caries underscores how oral disease can rapidly escalate into life-threatening…
Speak Out Against Expanding Anesthesia to Dental Assistants by December 18!
A California pilot program proposing to allow expanded function dental assistants to administer local anesthesia threatens to blur…
California’s System of Providing Dental Care Is in Crisis
New reporting from the San Francisco Standard reveals a worsening dental hygienist shortage in California that is reshaping both…
Who Should Give the Shot? New Anesthesia Pilot for Dental Assistants Sparks…
A new California pilot program would allow dental assistants to administer local anesthesia, a move many dentists welcome for…
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COVID-19’s Effect on the Economy Is Easing, Experts Suggest
In February 2022, the United States posted big gains in employment growth with the addition of 678,000 jobs. Unemployment dropped to 3.8% from 4% in January 2022, and economists suggest that the pandemic’s negative hold on the economy may…
CDA Says Dental Practices Need to Continue Masking and COVID-19 Screening
In light of the easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the California Dental Association (CDA) asserts that dental team members must remain vigilant. The organization…
Study Sheds Light on How to Improve the Safety of Indoor Spaces
An Oregon-based study has found that ventilation, filtration, and humidification interventions reduce the level of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in the air. The study involved 11 subjects all with diagnosed cases of COVID-19 who performed various…
Some Americans Ready to Move On, While Others Worry About Lifting COVID-19 Restrictions
A Kaiser Family Foundation poll demonstrates that half of respondents believe that returning to pre-pandemic habits will be safe by the end of spring, while 26% will wait an additional year before resuming normal life. One in five will…
Poll Reveals Contributors to Below-Capacity Operation of Dental Practices
A poll of more than 1,150 dentists conducted by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute revealed that the most common reason why some practices are not operating at full capacity is patient cancellations (85.4%). Other…
Help Us Raise Awareness this March for National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
The DTA Foundation has created a Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month social media campaign encouraging people to raise awareness about the unmet oral health care need for the disabled community. To help spread the word, we're asking…
Most Americans Are No Longer Afraid of the COVID-19 Pandemic
According to a poll conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, most Americans are no longer afraid of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the number of new infections has dropped drastically, only 24% of Americans…
Moderna Creates New Iterations of Its COVID-19 Booster Shot
Scientists at Moderna have been hard at work on a COVID-19 booster redesigned to provide protection against at least two SARS-CoV-2 variants in addition to creating a vaccine that could be combined with a flu shot. The company is currently…
The Big Easy Distributes Rapid COVID-19 Tests Befor Fat Tuesday
In 2020, New Orleans let the good times roll and paid the price. The city hosted its traditional Mardi Gras celebration, which was followed by a bad hangover—a precipitous rise in COVID-19 cases. After becoming a Southern hot spot of…
Bye-Bye Masks!
On Friday, February 25, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its recommendation that Americans wear masks while in public indoor spaces in order to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, suggesting they are…
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