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Researchers from Cardiff University School of Medicine in Wales are calling for urgent research into whether mouthrinses could reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the early stages of infection.

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Dental Home Day is typically held in May in conjunction with the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry’s (AAPD) annual session, but when the conference was canceled due to the global pandemic, Sunstar and the AAPD Foundation began to…

Medicaid dental providers face a confidence gap in their ability to implement COVID-19-related changes so they can safely serve adults and children in the most vulnerable communities.

OCTOdent, an Arkansas-based company specializing in dental evacuation equipment, has partnered with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry (UTHSC) in Memphis to provide dental students, patients and educators…

Peter Milgrom, DDS, a professor of oral health sciences and pediatric dentistry at the University of Washington School of Dentistry and an adjunct professor in the School of Public Health, is among the winners of the 2020 University of…

A position paper published in the American Journal of Infection Control online suggests improved everyday hygiene practices reduce the risk of common infections by up to 50%, and reduce the need for antibiotics by up to 30%.

A survey by DentalPlans.com, an online marketplace for dental savings plans, reveals that as long as safety precautions are in place, nearly 90% of respondents will visit the dentist despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced $175 billion in relief funds for healthcare providers and hospitals as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and Paycheck Protection…

Preprocedural rinses have recently been recommended to help reduce viral loads in dental aerosols.