Gum disease affects over 50% of adults and, while cases in children and adolescents are less prevalent, there is still a risk. In this age of COVID-19, the ramifications can be even more widespread: gum diseases make COVID-19 patients three times more likely to develop severe symptoms and experience complications. As we find out more about this disease and how it can cause such a severe response in some people, dentists are discovering that preventing and treating gum disease

Dental care is considered essential health care by both the ADA and the CDC (1,2), and we definitely agree! Amazingly, infection control practices that have been in effect for years are helping to make visits to the dentist during this COVID-19 era quite safe (3). In fact, one study found that less than 1% of dentists have tested positive for COVID-19, which is much lower than all other healthcare professions (3). Extra measures (as recommended by the CDC and ADA) that dental

There are thousands of wonderful crafts available online. With a bit of searching, you can find activities to interest any child. However, it can take some time and effort to weed out the websites that just send you from link to link, ask you to download something, or sign up for a mailing list to access the information. We have done some of the work for you and are providing this list of links to fun craft ideas. Simply click on the links or the photos to go directly to the

The fact that schools are closed brings a wonderful opportunity to enjoy more time with your children. However, if boredom or lack of routine starts causing problems, a few extra ideas for activities may be useful. So, we have created this list of activities for your family that uses items that you probably have lying around your house. As always, we gain nothing if you click on any of these links. We just want to help you make the most of this unexpected gift of time with yo