Dental Clinics Can Defeat COVID-19

The DentaQuest Partnership has collaborated with the Organization for Safety Asepsis and Prevention to best practices and guidelines for dental clinics to reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the use of universal PPE and source control in dental settings, targeted SARS-CoV-2 testing of patients without signs or symptoms of COVID-19 might be used to identify those with asymptomatic or presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and further reduce the risk for exposures in dental settings.

A free 26-page guide was updated on September 10, 2020.