M E DITIO N X X X X X X G N Y D DENTAL TRIBUNE DENTAL TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · U.S. Edition The World’s Dental Newspaper · U.S. Edition NOVEMBER 2020 — Vol. 15, No. 8 www.dental-tribune.com www.dental-tribune.com COME SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT New imaging system helps patients to better understand their current dental health. ” page A4 IMPLANT TRIBUNE DIVE INTO AAID’S VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE Find education, networking and an exhibit hall. HYGIENE TRIBUNE A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR ORAL HEALTH Three domains lay out a path for dental providers. ” page B1 ” page C1 GNYDM: Coming Nov. 27 to Dec. 2 By Kristine Colker, Dental Tribune If you were worried about having a Thanksgiving weekend without a Greater New York Dental Meeting to attend, you’re in luck. The meeting will go on almost as normal, except it will be held virtually instead of in-person. Taking place from Friday, Nov. 27, to Wednesday, Dec. 2, the annual meeting will serve as a celebration of the dental profession and the future, according to the meeting’s organizers. It will feature a group of well-known speakers, innova- tive programming and a wide variety of exhibitors. As always, the meeting will be free to attendees. Simply registering at www. gnydm.com will get you access to CERP- approved continuing education, virtual visits to the exhibit floor, access to “Live” Dentistry Program recordings, access to specialty programming, access to the 3-D/Digital Technology Pavilion and ac- cess to the New Products Pavilion. The 2020 virtual scientific sessions include seminars, essays, and scientific poster sessions. The educational scien- tific program starts on Friday and con- tinues unabated before ending on the following Wednesday afternoon. A list of speakers was just announced and includes clinicians from around the world and across the United States. Some of the highlighted topics scheduled for the meeting include restorative dentist- ry, aging and OTCs, pediatric dentistry, dental practice ownership, infection control, geriatric dentistry, orthodon- tics, endodontics, practice management, pharmacology, dental insurance, wom- en’s health, implant dentistry, caries management, patients with autism and the impact of COVID-19. A list of exhibitors has not yet been announced, but organizers promise the exhibit floor will feature all the latest products as well as many exclusive show specials. For more information, a complete list of speakers and to register for the 2020 virtual Greater New York Dental Meet- ing, visit www.gnydm.com. Attendees flood the aisles of the Greater New York Dental Meeting during the 2019 event. This year’s meeting will take place online, but plans for the 2021 meeting include a return to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Photo/Dental Tribune File Photo INDUSTRY NEWS A3–A4 • Designs for Vision wants you to protect yourself against aerosols by having proper eyewear. • Fotona expands product offering with the purchase of the dental division of A.R.C. Laser, developer of the Fox III and Fox IV laser systems and the EmunDo Therapy system. • Seeing is believing: Align Technology’s iTero Element 5D Imaging System is now commercially available. IMPLANT TRIBUNE B1 • Dive into the American Academy of Implant Dentistry’s Virtual Experience, taking place from Nov. 11 to 14 on a computer near you. HYGIENE TRIBUNE C1–C2 • A new framework for a more sustainable oral health system: Three Domain Framework might be the future of dentistry. • Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council: Barrier protection critical with gloves. ADA supports point-of-care COVID-19 testing by dentists According to a new policy from the American Dental Association, point-of- care testing to screen patients for chronic diseases and other medical conditions, including COVID-19, that could compli- cate dental care or put the patient and dental staff at risk is within a dentist’s scope of practice. “Yet currently, rapid and reliable CO- VID-19 tests are not available to dentists for in-office use, which makes no sense,” said ADA President Dr. Daniel Klemmed- son. Klemmedson, who holds degrees in both dentistry and medicine, points out that dentists are doctors of oral health. “It is well within dentists’ scope of practice to screen not just for COVID-19 infection but also other medical condi- tions that may affect dental care such as glucose levels, which help screen for diabetes, and blood pressure, which help screen for hypertension. Patients with abnormal test results would be referred to a physician, other qualified medical professional or medical facility for diag- nosis and follow-up care,” he said. • Make COVID-19 tests available for use The U.S. Food and Drug Administra- tion includes dentists among those pro- fessionals who can test for COVID-19. In addition, the CDC recommends dental facilities consider implementing pre- procedure testing for COVID-19. The ADA and state dental societies are actively advocating state and federal reg- ulatory authorities to: • Publicly recognize that point-of-care testing for COVID-19 is within dentists’ existing scope of practice, and in dental practices. Given that patients receiving dental treatment may be pre-symptomatic (in- fected but will develop symptoms in the next 14 days) or asymptomatic (infected but will never exhibit symptoms), Kl- emmedson said it is critical to identify those individuals carrying the virus so it is possible to minimize their contacting and potentially infecting others. (Source: ADA)