The WHO Puts Periodontal Disease On Hold

Episode 3 Highlights Emergency Board Meeting of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners World Health Organization Statement Effects of COVID-19 for those with Periodontal Disease Kansas: Assistants scaling below the gum line Chicago MidWinter goes virtual for 2021 Quotes “You should probably know if your State Dental Board is active or not” “COVID gives…
Sept. 16, 2020
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Episode 3 Highlights

  • Emergency Board Meeting of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners
  • World Health Organization Statement
  • Effects of COVID-19 for those with Periodontal Disease
  • Kansas: Assistants scaling below the gum line
  • Chicago MidWinter goes virtual for 2021

Quotes

  • “You should probably know if your State Dental Board is active or not”
  • “COVID gives providers more opportunity to have conversations about the Oral Systemic Link”
  • “We can’t be afraid as an industry to say ’this is what you need to know and why’”
  • “Covid has been the best excuse for the dental industry: – use it to set up great systems!
  • “If you are an assistant, or dentist listening to this, you should know that https://www.danb.org is an important resource”

Links

Texas State Board decisions:

https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/regviewer$ext.RegPage?sl=R&app=1&p_dir=&p_rloc=380950&p_tloc=&p_ploc=&pg=1&p_reg=380950&ti=22&pt=5&ch=108&rl=7&issue=09/04/2020&z_chk=

COVID lawsuit link: https://ctmirror.org/2020/08/10/covid-sparks-lawsuits-in-ct-but-not-the-epidemic-those-seeking-lawsuit-shield-for-businesses-expect/

ADA responds to the WHO’s statement on postponing routine dental care:

https://www.ada.org/en/press-room/news-releases/2020-archives/august/american-dental-association-dentistry-is-essential-health-care

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