Routine spore testing confirms sterilizer performance, safeguards patients, and keeps dental practices compliant with CDC and OSHA standards.
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Medicaid Cuts Push Dentists Out and Patients Pay the Price
Cut reimbursement, lose dentists. Who pays the price when Medicaid access disappears?
Arizona’s Oral Preventive Assistant Debate: Expanding Access or Lowering the…
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Kentucky Tables Assistant Scaling Proposal as Practice Act Moves Forward…
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Solmetex, LLC Acquires ReLeaf
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ADA Requires Proof of Vaccination or Negative COVID-19 Test to Attend Annual Meeting
All oral health professionals, exhibitors, guests, and staff members who wish to attend the annual meeting, SmileCon, of the American Dental Association (ADA) must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test result. The meeting…
Consensus on Whether COVID-19 Boosters Are Necessary Remains Elusive
While booster shots to the COVID-19 vaccination are recommended for those who are immunocompromised, whether healthy, previously vaccinated individuals need a booster remains an unanswered question. A group of public health experts recently…
The CDC Updates Its COVID-19 Guidelines for All Healthcare Settings
On September 10, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced an update to the agency’s COVID-19 infection prevention and control guidance for healthcare settings. The update is designed to provide a…
What the Mu Variant Means in the Fight Against COVID-19
While many variants of SARS-CoV-2 exist, only four have raised alarm. The World Health Organization designates those variants that pose the greatest health threats as “variants of concern.” Thus far, the Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Mu…
ADA Science and Research Institute Awarded $3.5M to Map Cells in Pediatric Respiratory Tissues
The American Dental Association (ADA) Science and Research Institute, together with other U.S. and international collaborators, has been awarded a three-year, $3.5 million grant.
Data Review on COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids to Get Underway
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will review 2 months of safety data from clinical trials on the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines among children ages 5 to 11. This suggests that COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers…
Who Oversees Your Respiratory Protection in the Dental Practice?
With oral health professionals donning extensive personal protective equipment and using respirators while caring for patients during a global pandemic, understanding which agency oversees what is helpful to clinicians who may have…
Researchers Identify New Clinical Response to Inflammation
Researchers at the University of Washington School of Dentistry have identified a third type of oral inflammatory phenotype that exhibits a delayed response to bacterial accumulation.
After a Significant Decline, COVID-19 Moves to Third Leading Cause of Death in the US
In December 2020, COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States with heart disease and cancer filling the top two spots, respectively. In July 2021, COVID plummeted to the eighth leading cause of death as mass…
National Brush Day Kicks off November 1st
National Brush Day is November 1st! The Dental Trade Alliance has provided marketing materials to make it easy for clinicians to promote improving oral health.
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