Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships: . Steven P. Geiermann, DDS, FACD, FICD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
COVID has left many practitioners wondering when dental practice will "get back to normal." There are two answers for that: never and why would you want to! Air-borne pathogens must be accounted for within universal precautions. Prior to the pandemic, less than 50% of Americans saw a dentist regularly. Is this the standard that we wish to return to? Though the challenges of the past two years have taken their toll, there are lessons to be learned and definitive steps to be taken to improve the oral health delivery system and embrace an interdisciplinary approach to oral health as integral to overall health. Come and add your insights into this blueprint for the future.
