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Keeping up with the constant Covid information is not easy, especially when you are trying to get your practice up and running again. We are here to help you keep...

“Dr. Marr and others said the coronavirus seemed to be most infectious when people were in prolonged contact at close range, especially indoors, and even more so in superspreader events —...

Why? Because patients cannot wear masks during dental procedures. It all started after we found out that Allison had worked on a patient who was quarantined because of COVID-19 but...

It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19By Lidia Morawska, Donald K. Milton, et al.  This manuscript, “it is time to address airborne transmission of covid-19” was written and...

People in the presymptomatic stage are highly contagious.

“The peak of viral shedding occurs right before symptoms develop and immediately after, when the symptoms are still mild,” Dr. Narasimhan says. 

Sanjay Gupta, MD, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent, also previously said that those who are presymptomatic are highly contagious. "People tend to be the most contagious before they develop symptoms, if they're going to develop symptoms," he said in a recent CNN article.

How long can the coronavirus stay airborne? I have read different estimates. A study done by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' Laboratory of Virology in the Division of...

How does coronavirus spread? The coronavirus is thought to spread mainly from person to person. This can happen between people who are in close contact with one another. Droplets that...

What are the chances that a coronavirus test will tell me I am not infected when I actually am? Even a negative coronavirus test does not confirm that you are not infected. It is very important to assume that everyone is infected when treating them in the dental office. Use the AeroShield™ FLOW during every dental  procedure as an additional layer of infection control.