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Dentist Offices Brace For New Challenges To Reopening Amid Coronavirus

A dentist and clinical assistant perform a dental surgery on a patient at the Camarma Dental Clinic in Camarma de Esteruelas, near Madrid, on May 11, 2020. (Oscar Del Pozo/AFP via Getty Images)
A dentist and clinical assistant perform a dental surgery on a patient at the Camarma Dental Clinic in Camarma de Esteruelas, near Madrid, on May 11, 2020. (Oscar Del Pozo/AFP via Getty Images)

Dentist offices in some states reopened for non-emergency services this week, but dentists and hygienists are facing new challenges in the era of COVID-19 era.

Here & Now’s Tonya Mosley speaks with Dr. Romesh Nalliah, clinical professor of dentistry at the University of Michigan.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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