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Dentists Can Play a Role in Community Surveillance of COVID-19 Rates

Though asymptomatic carriage of SARS-CoV-2 is a potentially significant source of transmission, it remains...

Four Reasons to Be Hopeful: Testing, Vaccines, Infection Control, and Teledentistry

As most dental practices close out the year, we’re doing everything possible to complete...

ADA Calls for Point-of-Care COVID-19 Testing at Dental Offices

Point-of-care testing to screen patients for chronic diseases and other medical conditions such as...

Dental Workers Surveyed About the Pandemic’s Effects on Their Life Experiences

A survey of nearly a thousand people who were tested for COVID-19 at the...

UCLA School of Dentistry to Develop Saliva-Based COVID-19 Test

The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Dentistry has received $300,000 to...

Medical and Dental Group Says It Can Begin COVID-19 Testing Too

Now that Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s announcement that pharmacies in the province could begin...

Oropharyngeal Secretion Testing May Reduce False Negative COVID-19 Results

Oropharyngeal secretion (OS) testing may reduce the number of false negative results from patients...

Dental School Taps 3-D Printing to Create COVID-19 Testing Swabs

The nasal swabs that COVID-19 testing requires are in short supply, prompting a pair...

DSO Turns Closed Offices into COVID-19 Testing Sites

North American Dental Group (NADG) said it will convert hundreds of its currently closed...

Dental School Uses 3-D Printers to Produce COVID-19 Testing Swabs

After a request from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the University of Louisville (UofL) School...