MAY 2021 JADA 

The authors provide an overview of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

The author evaluates the immediate safety of fluoride varnish and describes the adverse events related to fluoride varnish.

The authors assess the unmet need for child dental care and pandemic-related household job or income loss.

The authors examine enrollment trends associated with embedded dental plans in private sector employer-sponsored health insurance plans.

The authors compare dentists’ perceptions of gloss values of composite specimens with increased levels and identify the gloss value considered to be clinically acceptable.

The authors provide a series of 3 cases of oral myeloid sarcoma with varying clinical appearances and an up-to-date literature review of the clinical features of the disease.

The authors ask readers to diagnose the case of a 57-year-old woman who had a slow-growing mass affecting the maxillary right posterior gingiva of 2 years’ duration.

The authors explore the ethical considerations whether it is ethically justified for dentists and dental staff to be given priority for receiving the COVID 19 vaccine.