Background Understanding the risks associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission during oral health care delivery and assessing …

Background In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American
Dental Association released COVID-19 infection control interim guidance for US dentists, …

Purpose: Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, health care professionals have been challenged
to provide appropriate preventive and therapeutic measures while using precautions to …

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to drops in patient volume and staffing in dental
practices in the United States (US). This study aimed to provide insights on dental hygienists’ …

Purpose: Vaccinations represent an important public health tool for mitigating dangerous
diseases; nevertheless, there is concern and hesitancy regarding vaccinations including those …

Purpose: Despite recovery in dental practices’ patient volume, dentists in the United States (US)
continue to report difficulties in hiring dental hygienists due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …

Purpose: The SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to mutate, and the COVID-19 pandemic remains
a global health crisis. The purpose of this longitudinal study was to continue to analyze the …

Background The American Dental Association conducts surveys of educational programs in
dental assisting, dental hygiene and dental laboratory technology. The 2002–2003 survey …

This brief presents a fully integrated energy-efficient memory-based direct digital frequency
synthesizer (DDFS). To overcome the limitation of using an accumulator and a Read-Only …

Background Science, new technology, patient care, dental reimbursement and government
regulations all affect today’s dental practitioners. To find out more about how such …