Updated March 4, 2020Dentists are advised to continue to screen all patients for recent travel to any locations confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to have confirmed cases of COVID-19, also known as the new coronavirus, which first appeared in December 2019 in Wuhan, China.
Any travel completed between December and now is considered recent travel. As part of the screening, dentists should also verify when the patient returned to the United States.
Dentists can check the list daily until health officials report that screening is no longer necessary.If the patient reports that at least two weeks have passed since their return from one of the CDC-reported countries and no symptoms have presented, the dental office can