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Two years into the pandemic, we have the benefit of research and experience to help dentists make informed decisions for their practices. Unfortunately, the end is still not in sight. New York State and the entire country are facing a surge of coronavirus cases due to the incredibly infectious Omicron variant. To help you handle the current situation, read our risk management best practices for dental offices during COVID-19.

Delays in preventive screening exams can exacerbate diseases and conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer if they go undiagnosed, unmonitored, and untreated.

Like many industries and sectors, dental school clinics in the U.S. were significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Those impacts extended to dental students, community members, faculty, finances and more. A recent study assessed the effect of COVID-19 on dental school-based clinics.

Medical supplies and devices are among the wide variety of products affected by the nationwide supply shortage.

The mandate requiring healthcare workers to be vaccinated for COVID-19 can still be enforced in New York State, according to a federal appeals court.

Amid another surge in COVID-19 cases, a New York State executive order requires hospitals or health systems with limited capacity to limit non-essential elective procedures.

Results from a recent MLMIC vaccine survey—including numbers of resignations and exemptions—reveal that staff at our insured facilities have overwhelmingly chosen to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

At the beginning of COVID-19, dental practices were initially seen as a particularly risky location to visit. After all, dentists work in patients’ mouths, patients can’t wear a mask during dental treatment and we’ve come to understand that SARS-CoV-2 is present in the mouth. However, recent research found that dental procedures during COVID-19 are not much riskier than taking a drink of water.

The healthcare sector has changed dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many of those changes are here to stay. One of the most notable changes for dentists is the increased use of teledentistry. A study in Colombia aimed to study the impact of COVID-19 on dentists’ knowledge and attitudes toward teledentistry. Here’s what they found.