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Stan Goff is a Managing Editor with MJH Life Sciences, which includes Dental Products Report, Dental Practice Management, Dental Lab Products, Modern Hygienist, and Dentist's Money Digest. He has covered the dental industry since 1999 and can be reached at sgoff@mjhlifesciences.com.  

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Best practices for the new normal include sticking with good old infection control. Guidelines and regulations offer plenty of advice for dentists on dealing with COVID-19 pandemic, but additional science can help with some new suggested protocols.


Best practices for the new normal include sticking with good old infection control

Robert Elsenpeter is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to Dental Products Report and Dental Lab Products. He is also the author of 18 technology books, including the award-winning Green IT: Reduce Your Information System's Environmental Impact While Adding to the Bottom Line. As such, he’s particularly interested in the technological side of dentistry.

Expect more mandates and invest in measures to protect patients and staff from diseases like COVID-19.



Practices must ramp up infection control in a post-pandemic world

The 265-280 NM range LED wand is designed to eliminate up to 99.9 percent of the harmful germs, viruses, and bacteria in any surrounding.

Lester A. Dine introduces UVC LED Disinfectant Wand

 The new line of infection prevention equipment and supplies includes heavy-duty HEPA filtration equipment and protective supplies for the operatory and waiting room

Great Lakes Dental Technologies introduces infection control line

Times are changing and infection control protocols must keep up.

New Approaches to Infection Control

Lynne Slim is an award-winning dental author who has published extensively in dental/dental hygiene journals including 

Journal of the Western Society of Periodontology

. She was the periodontal columnist for RDH magazine for about 17 years and is now a columnist for 

 and is a member of their advisory board. In 2003, Lynne founded Perio C Dent, a dental practice management company that specializes in the incorporation of non-surgical periodontal therapy into the hygiene department of the general dental practice.

As a key opinion leader in the dental industry, Lynne is frequently asked to review new products and write product reviews. She participates in product development and is consulted about consumer/RDH product awareness. Lynne received the Philips Oral Healthcare “Mentor of Distinction” award at the 2012 ADHA Annual Session.

Patients with underlying health conditions who contract COVID-19 are more likely to suffer more adverse outcomes or be hospitalized. What steps can practices take to treat these patients?

COVID-19 creates new challenges for immunocompromised patients

In an effort to outline safety measures for dental hygienists returning to work this week, the American Dental Hygiene Association (ADHA) has published interim guidelines on returning to their offices.

The ADHA issues reopening guidelines for hygienists

Nelson S. Slavik is Senior Microbiologist and Vice President of Research and Development, CPAC Equipment, Inc. Responsibilities include research and development of infection control, patient safety, and sterilization technologies. Academically, he holds dual degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which include a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Master of Science in Biochemistry/Microbiology.  

CPAC Equipment recently began offering the RH-N95 Decontamination System to help the healthcare industry overcome and alleviate their N95 mask shortages. 

Decontamination of N95 Respirators

The hard surface cleanser is the second product in DenMat’s new Infection Control category of products. 

DenMat introduces new hard surface cleanser

An infection control checklist for reopening the practice after Coronavirus closures.