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Articles
EFP devises SARS-CoV-2 safety protocol for dental patients and practices
BRUSSELS, Belgium: The provision of oral healthcare services has been severely affected all over the world by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic because of the risk of...
From saturation to dilution: Major paradigm shift for dental practice
COVID-19 has brought about radical economic and organisational changes in dental practice. For years, we have believed, and I think rightly so, that by ...
It is time to reopen dental clinics, ESCD urges
VIENNA, Austria: It is a matter of urgency that dental practices resume providing the full spectrum of oral care, according to the president of the European...
South African Dental Association says it cannot be "business of dentistry as usual”
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa: With nearly 8,000 infected people on 7 May, South Africa has the most SARS-CoV-2 cases of all African countries, closely ...
Safer dental clinics are just a swab away: Testing patients for SARS-CoV-2
LANSING, Mich., U.S.: Allowing dental professionals to test their patients for SARS-CoV-2 would decrease the high risk of transmission of the virus in ...
How cyclodextrins work: Five things we learned from Roquette
KRIENS, Switzerland: As the SARS-CoV-2 virus sweeps across the globe, companies are investigating potential agents that could help fight viruses. ...
IDS 2021 will be safe and successful event, organisers say
COLOGNE, Germany: The 39th International Dental Show (IDS) will take place next year from 9 to 13 March in Cologne. The organisers said that the event will ...
Henry Schein launches program to help dentists safely return to providing care
MELVILLE, N.Y., U.S.: Henry Schein has launched the Henry Schein Thrive Practice Recovery Program, which it describes as a single, cost-effective suite of ...
Elective dental procedures to restart in Australia as restrictions ease
SYDNEY, Australia: Thanks to Australia’s success in limiting the number of new SARS-CoV-2 cases each day, the national government announced last week that...
Organizations plead for SARS-CoV-2 testing kits in US dental clinics
WASHINGTON, U.S.: A consortium of U.S. dental organizations has asked for federal authorization for licensed dentists to conduct SARS-CoV-2 testing in their...
Dental professionals in France deliver care through telecommunication
LEIPZIG, Germany: Since 14 March, France has been under COVID-19 Level 3 restrictions, including the halting of all non-essential services. To flatten the ...
COVID-19 oddities: Why does Turkmenistan have zero cases?
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has resulted in more than 2.3 million confirmed ...
COVID-19: Protecting healthcare personnel with 3D-printed masks and face shields
LEIPZIG, Germany: Owing to mask supplies fast becoming exhausted, many healthcare professionals around the world are increasingly unable to comply with the ...
Dentists in Denmark and Norway go back to work
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Dental clinics in Denmark were permitted to reopen on 20 April, and Norwegian dentists have started to provide non-emergency treatment ...
COVID-19: How are Australian and New Zealand dentists faring?
SYDNEY, Australia: Though Australia and New Zealand have, thus far, been able to avoid the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, both nations’ economies have ...
Reducing aerosol viral load to minimise spread of SARS-CoV-2 in dental clinics
MUMBAI, India: Dentists and their patients are increasingly concerned about the elevated risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 in dental clinics, owing to the ...
Dentists on coronavirus reality around the globe: Dr Gianluca Plotino from Italy
According to the World Health Organization, Italy is now second to Spain in the European region in terms of reported COVID-19 cases and first when it comes ...
Dentists in Indonesia are dying from COVID-19
JAKARTA, Indonesia: The Indonesian Medical Association has confirmed that 24 medical professionals have died in the country from COVID-19, six of whom were ...
3-D printed swabs help fill gap in COVID-19 test kits
Innovation at the University of Louisville involving multiple departments has led to a promising solution for the shortage of swabs in COVID-19 test kits. ...
UK dentists step up efforts as COVID-19 impact worsens
LONDON, UK: The effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have been felt at every level in the UK. Many were shocked to hear that UK Prime Minister Boris ...
Israel and its dentists are on lockdown
TEL AVIV, Israel: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the closure of most dental clinics in Israel, and a nationwide lockdown is in effect for the ...
Coronavirus reality around the globe: Jerko Bozikovic from Belgium
Since the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic, almost 25,000 cases of the infection have been detected in Belgium, according the latest numbers ...
What Brazilian dentists are doing during the coronavirus pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: By April 9, there had been more than 13,000 reported cases of COVID-19 in Brazil and 667 associated deaths, according to the World ...
Dentists on coronavirus reality around the globe: Dr Philippe Sleiman from Lebanon
Like many other countries worldwide, Lebanon is currently struggling with a rapid spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). By 8 April, the Johns Hopkins ...
Expert reports on COVID-19 situation in dental clinic in Wuhan
WUHAN, China: As dean of the School and Hospital of Stomatology of Wuhan University, Prof. Zhuan Bian has had first-hand experience of the working situation...
Dentists on coronavirus reality around the globe: Dr Mauro Labanca from Italy
As of today, Italy has had the highest death toll of any country impacted by the coronavirus. According to the latest numbers available from the Johns ...
New EFP president on COVID-19: “Remain positive and safe”
BRUSSELS, Belgium: The European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) has announced that it has welcomed Dr Xavier Struillou as its new president. Struillou ...
Dentists on coronavirus reality around the globe: Dr. Irineu Gregnanin Pedron from Brazil
The coronavirus pandemic is spreading rapidly throughout the world. As of April 6, Brazil was Latin America’s worst hit country with over 11,000 confirmed...
Two-thirds of US dental offices now closed, Baird survey shows
NEW YORK, U.S.: Two in every three dental offices in the U.S. have closed their doors temporarily owing to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to ...
Dentists on coronavirus reality around the globe: Dr Miguel Stanley from Portugal
In the light of the global COVID-19 outbreak, Portugal declared the national state of emergency on 18 March. So far, over 9,000 cases and more than 200 ...