Hayden C. Smith, DDS, is a 2018 graduate of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry in Memphis. He currently owns and operates Timberland Dental, a general practice in Camden, Arkansas. His research interests include modern endodontic techniques, CAD/CAM technology, cancellous bone regeneration, and pulp pathology.
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.