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Articles
New report reveals impact of COVID-19 on healthcare professionals
GENEVA, Switzerland: The COVID-19 pandemic caused fatigue, frustration and emotional exhaustion among healthcare workers. This is evident in a new report ...
Being involved in clinical activities did not increase risk of COVID-19, study says
BOSTON, US: During the pandemic, the majority of dental professionals had to cease their dental activities in order to slow down the spread of COVID-19. The...
Study sheds light on impact of COVID-19 pandemic on dental hygienists
CHICAGO, US: Similarly to other dental professionals, dental hygienists have been put in the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic owing to the belief that...
New NHS Scotland guidance criticised by BDA
STIRLING, UK: Earlier this week, NHS Scotland released new guidance for the prevention and handling of potential respiratory infections in healthcare ...
Face coverings must still be worn in dental settings in England
LONDON, UK: Effective on 19 July, England eased many of its COVID-19 restrictions, including rules on social distancing and the requirement to wear face ...
Battery-powered air respirator may protect staff and patients against SARS-CoV-2
CHESTERFIELD, UK: The pandemic has been ongoing for over a year now, and there is still a strong need to protect healthcare and scientific staff from ...
New study examines extent of occupational risk of COVID-19 in UK
BIRMINGHAM, UK: To fill a research gap, researchers have recently examined whether dental professionals are, in fact, at an increased risk of becoming ...
COVID-19 misconceptions: Disease prevalence among US dentists remains low
CHICAGO, U.S.: Since the beginning of the pandemic, dentistry has been deemed unsafe as dental professionals run a high risk of SARS-CoV-2 spread through ...
Interview: “Attempting to make my own shield seemed like a productive use of time"
The pandemic has caused professional and private challenges. However, some people managed to use this downtime to stimulate their creativity and to test ...
Study reveals obstructive sleep apnoea as risk factor for COVID-19
TURKU, Finland: During the first wave of the pandemic, the number of hospitalisations for SARS-CoV-2 infections in Finland was relatively low compared with ...
Interview: Effects of COVID-19 on dentistry in Asia Pacific, Part 1
COVID-19 has had an enormous impact on dental business, but its effects have varied among countries around the world. In this interview, Dental Tribune ...
Sunshine vitamin D and COVID-19: Is there a correlation?
LEIPZIG, Germany: Vitamin D, also referred to as the sunshine vitamin, is increasingly more difficult to obtain from sun exposure. The increase in the ...
Interview: “Dental laboratories will be left in an extremely vulnerable position”
Close cooperation between dentists and dental technicians generates synergy and helps to ensure high-quality prosthetic dentistry. However, the COVID-19 ...
SARS-CoV-2 as invisible threat: Mitigating aerosols in dental clinics
CHICAGO, U.S.: In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, dentists have been provided with strict infection prevention and control guidelines. These include ...
Dentists in Scotland voice concerns over expired personal protective equipment
LONDON, UK: Dentists in Scotland have recently voiced their concerns over receiving stocks of free expired personal protective equipment (PPE). Since the ...
Researchers develop saliva-based SARS-CoV-2 test and examine COVID-19 prevalence among dentists
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Canada: Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) in Saskatoon are currently working on two large projects that have ...
Dental practice reopening plans revealed in Northern Ireland and Scotland
BELFAST, UK: The SARS-CoV-2 virus has not only brought with it the fear of infection, but has also caused great pain to dental patients who have had limited...
Dentists across Europe face business challenges in times of COVID-19
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Dentists all over Europe are doing their part to limit the spread of COVID-19 while staying up to date with national and local ...
OPTIM disinfectants inactivate viruses similar to SARS-CoV-2
TORONTO, Canada: The novel coronavirus first infected people in China, but is spreading to other countries in Asia as well as to Europe, the Middle East and...