Posts Tagged ‘ coronavirus ’

Recent Study Links Gum Disease with Severe COVID Cases

A recently published scientific study contains some important information connecting patients with gum disease to severe complications with COVID-19.  When coronavirus first hit our shores about a year ago, it was a novel disease that we did not know much about.  Doctors and scientists hypothesized many potential risk factors that could worsen the outcome of […]

Is COVID Causing Cracked Teeth?

We think it is pretty safe to say that 2020 has been a stressful year all around.  The ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to affect our culture, our economy, and our everyday lives.  Stress can manifest itself physically in the human body in various ways.  The manifestation we, as dental professionals, most commonly see is teeth […]

Is Going to the Dentist Safe Right Now?

These days, it can be hard to know if anything is safe.  We cover our faces in public and cannot gather in large groups.  We change procedures constantly as new information emerges.  There was actually quite heated debate among dental professionals at the state level about when we can perform routine dentistry and how to […]