Keep moving forward
Initial planning at the start of the COVID-19 emergency has given way to longer-term strategies. The Chicago Dental Society will continue to provide helpful information and resources during this new phase for dental practices so CDS members emerge stronger and prepared for what’s ahead.
We urge you to email us at [email protected] with questions you'd like answered and we will do our best to address them.
Please keep in mind that information is changing hourly and daily. CDS will update its website by 9 a.m., Monday – Friday, so you have the most current information to meet this unprecedented challenge to our profession and nation.
Updated Jan. 14, 2021
Questions about dental patient safety amid COVID-19?
We have answers! CDS.org/safety
COVID-19 Webinars
Times are Central Time Zone
CDS Webinars
- COVID-19: CDC & OSHA Guidance (originally presented by Jackie Dorst, RDH, on May 14, 2020) Download handout
- Human Resources Questions and the Business Impact of COVID-19 in Illinois (originally presented April 30, 2020)
ADA Webinars
- ADA plans webinar on pandemic relief measures
- ADA to present webinar on vaccines, dentists’ role on Jan. 27
- Archived ADA COVID-19 Webinars
Latest News
- Researchers study oral rinses that may reduce viral load
- Research shapes safe dentistry
- U.S. sets record for daily COVID-19 deaths
- More contagious virus variant found in Wisconsin
- Illinois reports 5,862 new COVID-19 cases, 97 deaths
Chicago Dental Society Updates
CDS in the News
CDS president, members respond to COVID-19 pandemic in various media articles, broadcasts
CDS Review Stories
- Uneasy Feeling: Economy, civic unrest and pandemic strain dentists’ mental health (September/October 2020)
- To Sell or Not To Sell: Following COVID-19, dentists face big decision on their futures (July/August 2020)
- Practice Smarts: Teledentistry may greatly improve access to care (July/August 2020)
- Snap Shots: Muslim dentists set up hotline during shutdown (July/August 2020)
- On Hold: COVID-19 crisis leaves career plans in a state of flux (May/June 2020)
- Scam Alert: Be wary of unsolicited help (May/June 2020)
- Practice Smarts: In scary times it is best to be proactive to reassure your patients (May/June 2020)
What CDS Members Are Talking About
- Dr. Lynse Briney: Preparing kids for their next dental appointment (July 22, 2020)
- CDS President Terri Tiersky discusses the reopening of dental practices: Associated Press (June 24, 2020)
- CDS Leaders provide Guidance for Reopening Chicago
- Dr. Eric Jackson: Navigating the Coronavirus Crisis (June 11, 2020)
- Dr. Larry Williams: Keeping Patients Safe in the COVID-19 Era (June 2, 2020)
- Dr. Larry Williams: Essential Steps to Prepare for the Reopening of Dental Offices (May 12, 2020)
- Dr. Sherece Thompson: Ways to Maintain Good Oral Health While Dental Offices are Closed (May 5, 2020)
Additional CDS Updates & News
- Update on COVID-19 mitigation advisories from CDS President Terri Tiersky
- Watch a conversation about COVID-19 with CDS President, Dr. Terri Tiersky and UIC Dean, Dr. Clark Stanford
- Stay Strong and Determined: CDS President Terri Tiersky
- Dr. Terri Tiersky has spearheaded a PPE donation drive to aid first-responders at UIC
PPE Resources
- In ADA group poll, dentists report jump in PPE prices
- PPE shortages spread, scams grow
- Can N95 masks be safely decontaminated?
- Breathing exercises to help with PPE gear
- Tips to prevent PPE overheating
- Waukegan firm offers to decontaminate N95 masks free
- FDA-authorized respirators listed
- To report PPE shortages to the FDA, email [email protected]
- 3M offers FAQ on respirator protection
- Best practices offered for using facial masks
- CDC offers strategies to preserve PPE
Practice Recovery Resources
- How to enforce mask-wearing among patients: CDA advice
- Paycheck Protection Program reopens today
- COVID-19 and its effects on dentistry: predictions, recommendations
- Next round of HHS Provider Relief Funding just launched
- Pandemic has accelerated dental industry transformation
- Avoid pandemic-related financial mistakes for dentists
- COVID-19 PPE fee may violate consumer protection laws
- Tax provision allows COVID-19 reimbursements for dentists, staff
- How to attract, keep dental team members during pandemic
- Employee temperature checks: a guideline
- How to overcome 'pandemic plateau' at your practice
- Dental informed consent forms: Five things to know
- Tips for hiring for your practice during the pandemic
- Flexible staffing best strategy for COVID-19
- 24-month recovery strategies from Dr. Roger Levin
- Returning to work protocols for symptomatic healthcare professionals
Business Concerns
- HR firm explores who pays for employee COVID-19 testing
- How to develop a post-pandemic financial plan for dental office
- How dental practice valuations have changed since COVID-19
- SBA updates guidance for PPP program
- COVID-19 codes added to CDT
- Employers can’t require virus antibody testing of workers: EEOC
- HR experts discuss high-risk employees, liability waivers
Office Risks
- Ultraviolet light in operatory can aid infection control
- Tips to control aerosols in the dental practice
- Virus patients most infectious two days before, five days after symptoms appear: Lancet
- Molecular iodine a frontline defense against coronavirus
- FDA approves at-home COVID-19 test kit
- How many times can you reuse N95 masks?
- How COVID-19 has changed infection control
- What dentists should know about remdesivir interactions
- Airborne spread of coronavirus explained
- Study finds COVID-19 patients can produce aerosols beyond 6-feet range
- Some dentists look to hypochlorous acid to sterilize treatment rooms
- 3 tips for improving office air quality
- Study indicates how to prep teeth without using sprays
- PVP-1 rinse, throat spray kill 99% of SARS-CoV-2 in seconds
- Water line maintenance key in infection control
- Infection control guidance
- OSHA has developed guidance to help identify risk levels in workplace settings in response to COVID-19
Students/New Dentists Resources
- Pandemic pushes transition to non-patient licensure
- ADA Member Advantage sponsors offer banking, loan support
- Student loan repayment during uncertain times (webinar originally broadcast April 2, 2020)
- Temporary relief for student loan borrowers
- FAQ with guidance on student loans amid the COVID-19 crisis
- ASDA Guidance for Students
ADA Resources
- ADA collects vaccine FAQ for practice owners, employees
- ADA issues fact sheet on updates to PPP, Economic Injury programs
- ADA president vaccinated, lobbies for dentists to access vaccine
- ADA releases fact sheet on vaccine
- Dental groups reach out to CDC on vaccine access
- ADA, dental CPA group give guidance on SBA loan forgiveness
- ADA voluntary polling finds dentists may increase fees, exit field in wake of pandemic
- ADA limited study indicates less than 1% of U.S. dentists contracted COVID-19
- ADA adds virus testing in-office guidance to toolkit
- HPI poll reveals virus fallout as dental Medicaid providers disenroll
- Dentists should be offered early access to COVID-19 vaccine: ADA
- Nearly all dental offices open by mid-July
- ADA disputes WHO advice to postpone nonessential dental treatment
- ADA has answers about the Provider Relief Fund
- ADA updates Return to Work toolkit
- ADA releases Hazard Assessment guide
- ADA has tips on extending use of N95 masks
- ADA charts explains Sars-CoV-2 diagnostic test options
- ADA urges Medicaid, CHIP providers to apply for HHS relief funding
- ADA launches Patient Communication Resource Center
- ADA encourages CHIP, Medicaid providers to apply for HHS funding
- ADA guidance on testing employees for antibodies, antigens
- ADA weighs in on change in CDC waiting period change
- ADA asks that tariffs be suspended for needed pandemic supplies
- How will COVID-19 affect access to care for vulnerable populations? ADA video
- Three questions to ask yourself if COVID-19 has you wondering about selling practice
- ADA distributing KN95 masks to dentists in states facing low supplies
- Updated CDC dental setting guidance echoes ADA guidance
- Steps to take if a patient later reports positive for COVID-19
- ADA provides COVID-19 contract tracing explanation
- ADA updates toolkit with patient interaction guidance
- Understanding the dental practice in the pandemic age
- ADA launches ‘Return to Work Toolkit’ interim guidance
- ADA has guidance for contract negotiations in anticipation of higher costs
- ADA offers interim guidance as states consider reopening economies
- ADA presses feds to let dentists test patients for COVID-19 before treatment
- Video-conferencing, teledentistry risks spelled out in ADA fact sheet
- ADA fact sheet on Paycheck Protection Program
- ADA has released updated employment law guidance
- A breakdown on recommendations and mandates on dental practices state-by-state
- COVID-19 Resources for dentists
- ADA has released COVID-19 coding and billing guidance
Health/Well-being Resources
- Study reports long-term effects of virus infection
- Asymptomatic people cause 50% of COVID-19 spread
- COVID-19 third leading cause of death in US in 2020
- Vaccine side effects explained
- Vaccine considerations for those with underlying health conditions
- FDA says people need both doses of vaccine
- COVID-19 a ‘multi-system’ disease, confounding recovery for some
- What do antibody tests tell us?
- COVID-19 becomes chronic disease for some
- FDA warns some COVID-19 antigen tests give false positives
- Flu shot could trigger virus-fighting response, early study suggests
- NIH reports Remdesivir shortens virus recovery time
- People with O blood type may have lower threat of virus infection
- Anti-inflammatory drug may shorten virus recovery time
- What might COVID-19 vaccinations mean for the dental practice
- What to expect if COVID-19 treatment takes you to the hospital
- Many COVID-19 survivors experience long-lasting symptoms
- Dental Mental Network provides mental health help
- Does oral bacteria play a role in virus severity?
- Deaths rates 12 times higher for patients with preexisting conditions
- Should you get tested? What to consider
- Vitamin D’s role in virus case severity
- Who gets access to the virus first?
- Researchers warn some tests give false assurance of negative results
- Experts foresee second wave of pandemic
Illinois Updates
- Illinois vaccine distribution plans may include dentists
- Illinois adds counties, including Cook, to virus warning list
- Illinois among states meeting testing targets
- Illinois opens community COVID-19 testing sites to everyone
- Gov. Pritzker unveils phased, regional reopening plans
- Delta Dental Foundation donates to ISDS Foundation to provide care during pandemic
- FAQ on human resources, insurance and financial relief
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- COVID-19 vaccine phases may overlap: CDC
- CDC confirms, dentists and dental team in first phase for vaccination
- CDC issues new quarantine guidance
- CDC panel says public should be warned about vaccine side effects
- CDC provides guidance on holiday gatherings
- First virus vaccine shots to go to health care workers: CDC
- CDC updates ‘close contact’ guidance for virus exposure
- CDC revises guidelines again on aerosol spread of COVID-19 virus
- CDC tells states to ready for vaccine distribution
- New CDC guidelines on virus testing ‘puzzle’ doctors
- CDC removes 2-week quarantine recommendation for travelers returning from overseas
- CDC updates guidance for dental practices
- Self-isolate for 10 days after positive virus test: CDC update
- Virus cases rising among kids, teens: CDC
- CDC urges Americans to wear masks to fight COVID-19
- CDC expands list of people most at risk of COVID-19
- CDC reclassifies those at high risk of catching virus
- CDC updates its dental care guidance
- CDC estimates 35% of virus patients show no symptoms
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CDC reports on ‘superspreader,’ stresses need for distancing, self-reporting
- CDC reports new symptoms of COVID-19
- CDC chief says 25% of infected people may be asymptomatic
- Air, floor samples in CDC study show rampant virus contamination
- Interim Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Dental Settings
- Interim planning guidance for businesses
- Healthcare providers with potential exposure to COVID-19
- Strategies for optimizing PPE supplies
Additional Information & Resources
- World Health Organization – International updates
- CDC – National updates
- State of Illinois – State updates
- City of Chicago – City updates
- Chicago Public Schools updates
- Chicago Park District updates
- Illinois Department of Public Health – State updates from Dept. of Health
- Ask Dr. Arwady – Ask Chicago Commissioner of Public Health questions at 11 a.m. any day on Twitter.
- Governor’s Daily Press Conferences – The Governor live streams daily press conferences usually at 2:30 p.m.
- American Dental Association
- Illinois State Dental Society
- ISDS petitions governor for reopening guidelines, access to PPE