In 2020, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic required dental operations to shut down almost completely. This is a story...

We have stuffed fish hanging in front of our office windows that we dress up for holidays. When we returned to work in...

When I received the ADA’s invitation to share my COVID experience, I was immediately reminded of the fall of 1964. It...

Photo By Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Dowell | 201119-N-JD875-1001 ANNAPOLIS, Md. (November 19, 2020) – Lt. Cmdr....

Hear the ADA's Executive Director Dr. Kathleen T. O'Loughlin speak with fourth-year dental student L. Jeannie Binder...

Professor ? had a few questions for Dr. Jarod about going to the dentist. We're wearing a lot more Personal Protective...

Lesson 1—Hindsight is 20/20...If nothing else, the current state of the world has reinforced for me that time is...

I started e-mailing my patients every Friday since we we had to close down last March. The e-mails have become a...

Hear the ADA's Executive Director Dr. Kathleen T. O'Loughlin speak with fourth-year dental student L. Jeannie Binder...

Covid-19 has had an incredible effect on dentistry, for better and for worse. We have become even more adept at...

Participating in test run for COVID-19 testingCOVID-19 was life-changing for all. This is the first event that I can...

In this audiocast, Dr. Mohamad M. Ali, a general dentist at Lakeshore Dental in Minneapolis spoke with Karen M. Scott,...

The Houston Equality Dental Network was established in 2019 as a non-profit dental organization for LGBTQ+ dental...

I recall back in February and early March of 2020 having discussions with patients about this new virus originating in...

If you would have told me a year ago that I would be placing a swab 3-4 inches into someone’s nasal passage to reach...

Dr. Franson Tom discusses his thoughts about COVID-19 and more, in a video message. Dr. Tom is a Dentistry Practitioner...

If you are reading this, thank you. Thank you for taking a moment for normalcy in what feels like a really, really...

In March 2020, the global pandemic arrived in Texas. Rumors had been circulating for a few weeks and we heard that...

Diagnosing COVID-19 in the Dental Office Setting through Observation of Oral Lesions: A Case Report

Dr. Gary Bauman,...

This is my personal thought entropy of the whole COVID-19 cluster that has rolled into our world like a fog, maybe like...

IntroductionOn December 31, 2019, Chinese authorities reported an outbreak caused by a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.¹...

My wife and I both contracted the virus from her aide.

I wasn’t originally planning to spend my entire career in public health dentistry. It was a starting off point, a place...

This is a project started during state mandated emergency shutdown. I call it "Patience While No Patients". It's a...

Purpose

I wrote this April 20, 2020 and posted it on my social media accounts. It was an emotional time as a member of the...

We are grateful to have received our COVID-19 vaccinations; but the journey to receive them as private practitioners...

A series of text messages sent to my pediatric dental team, during the coronavirus pandemic shutdown of 2020.

In mid-march during my walk in Central Park (New York City), I thought my allergies were acting up with the trees and...

Dentists to the stars or celebrities often have odd but useful technical and patient management related case reports...

What is Science? The real question nowadays, if we dare, when the politicians or media and corporate types evangelize...

I practiced dentistry for 50 years. I no longer go to the office each day, but that does not mean that I am not active...

I truly believe that our patients really do care about us. Below are excerpts of two letters that I sent, one dated...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Oral Health Program remained steadfast despite the uncertainties...

A drive to work, near or farA smile that greets you or a frown you’ll faceThe beauty of the day will make or breakIt’s...

Dr. Sonal S. Shah, an oral pathologist/oral medicine specialist in New York City, is ready at station 33 for her next...

The 2020 quarantine.It’s positively byzantine.Cooped up just like a submarineand doing things quite unforeseen.The...

At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a newly reported disease with a rare lung disease captured the...

The pandemic has changed everything including dentistry. Though I am retired and miss the profession that I love, I...

Oral health care isn’t delivered magically or telepathically. It is based on outcomes and science, delivered by people...

Huh? This never happened in my dental practice of over forty years. At least not this often. I guess this pandemic...

I’ll be honest. Writing editorials in the time of a global pandemic seems a bit like an exercise in futility. We are...

Dr. Fasnacht submitted photos of his experience at a mass vaccination site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

Ryan Lee ’03 runs a dental oncology practice with four offices in the Northeast. But for the past month he’s been...

In late 2019, we became aware of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, the viral etiology of coronavirus...

One year after we went into our lockdown mode we continue to adjust and adapt to our clinical reality of increased use...

Dentistry is a science-based profession. Many of us took courses in microbiology and immunology in our undergrad...

We have now added COVID-19 to the list of acronyms that denote benchmarks in our history. These are times that will be...

I am sharing my article titled “Dental and medical collaboration during COVID-19” published in June of 2020. The...

Dr. Les Maes, DDS for Kids in Need of Dentistry (KIND) and donated supplies from KIND at the start of the pandemic. 

In...

IntroductionFederally qualified health centers (FQHCs) provide dental and medical care to United States residents...

IntroductionIn March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic hit academic and healthcare institutions throughout the US. This...

It was barely 10 days into the viral shutdown at my dental office. I had all kinds of plans for reorganizing the...

I have done some research as to sterilizing interior areas and have come across the benefits of needlepoint bipolar...

The Dugoni School of Dentistry has a variety of materials and videos that were produced during the pandemic. Feel free...

“Whether providing instruction virtually, working clinically, or volunteering at my Alma Mater, Meharry Medical...

It has been quite a learning experience on adaptation for myself, colleagues, staff and patients in our care. In the...

COVID-19 is forcing many in dentistry to change the status quo and rethink our wellworn approaches to clinical patient...

Dentistry in the COVID-19 Era: Application of Lessons Learnt from the University of Washington Department of Oral &...

It was Friday March 13, 2020. Rumors had been circulating the school all week. Seven days earlier, Mayor London Breed...

The painting exists as a spontaneous, personal reaction to the mystery of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As we all have struggled to get used to the new Covid guidelines, I wonder how impersonal dental care will become and...

Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak: The West Virginia University School of Dentistry (WVU SOD) Experience During the...

After many attempts to organize our annual holiday office party, and finally accepting the fact that it must be...

We all know what a difficult time it is to be a business owner during COVID-19. Many businesses, including some...

After working 32 years in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, I decided to come back last February 2019 to my own country,...

While our dental office was shut down during the initial quarantine period, we had some extra time on our hands and...

Practicing with Covid is challenging- almost more difficult than dental school and residency. We treated AIDS patients...

My COVID Experience started over 11 months ago. I was at a Boy Scout event in Tulsa, OK from March 6-7, 2020. The...

I’ve always loved learning and 2020 has taught me a lot. I love the fact that my wife and I could transition from a...

Here's something I wrote during the early days of the lockdown, when only emergency dental treatment was allowed. When...

Here is picture taken in the last few months from my office.Harris Southwest Dental in Fort Worth, TX

As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in private practice I’ve also had the opportunity to participate in volunteer...

Twenty twenty started with a remarkable level of enthusiasm and prosperity. I had completed my residency the previous...

During this unprecedented time and like many other dental professionals, I found time to reflect, ponder and express...

I saw what was coming when COVID-19 starting affecting dental offices and closed my office one day before the ADA...