Even when states do require the vaccine for health care workers, those orders usually don't cover dentists who work in private practice.
“Nationally, the ADA is following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccination guidelines,” the statement noted.
But that stance is being criticized as not going far enough by some dental professionals. Dr. Cecile Feldman, dean of the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine in Newark, New Jersey, called the ADA’s policy “tepid” and wrote she was disappointed by it in an“I think it should have been a very strong statement saying all dental health care workers should be vaccinated, period,” Feldman told TODAY.
Feldman was also concerned that most dentists were not covered by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s recentmandating that workers in certain state and private health care facilities be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or be subject to regular COVID-19 testing.
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