On this week’s episode of The Official OSAP Podcast, Michelle is joined by Dr. David Reznik to talk about COVID-19 and where we are today. 

Dr. David Reznik is the founder and Director of the Oral Health Center of Grady Health System’s Infectious Disease Program.  He also serves as Chief of the Dental Service for the Grady Health System and is an assistant clinical professor at Emory University School of Medicine.

 

Episode Highlights:

• Where we are
• Where we are going
• Vaccine hesitancy 
• Vaccine breakthrough
• Aerosols
• New Sterilization Center 

 

Quotes:

“We are seeing more people become vaccinated, and wearing masks, and adhering to distancing guidelines.” 

 

“As dental care professionals we know about hand washing.”

 

“I am pleased to hear about the small number of infections that have occured in the dental community.”

 

“Remember fun, get ready to have it again.” 

 

“Our research, our evidence shows it (the vaccine) doesn’t impact fertility, childbirth, breast feeding… all of those things are fine. It is perfectly safe to get this vaccine.” 

 

“The mRNA technology has been around for 11 years now.” 

 

“I think the air quality in my dental clinic is better than the air quality in my home.” 

 

“We came up with a mini sterilization center, and when I say mini, it is a 3 room suite.”  

 

Links:

OSAP Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/user/safedentistry 

 

OSAP’s homepage: https://www.osap.org/

  

Michelle Lee’s email:   mlee@osap.org

 

‘Shedding Light on a Potential Hazard’ link:

https://jada.ada.org/article/S0002-8177(19)30609-9/abstract

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