That’s the bad news.
But the good news is that the profession is emerging from the downturn and many dentists are putting 2020 behind them. Some are even doing things in 2021 to not only help their practices recover, but to also give something back to the community.
Like distributing Covid vaccines.
Michael Riccobene, who runs a family dental practice in Goldsboro, North Carolina, has been dispensing hundreds of Moderna doses since mid-April. “One thing about getting it in the dental office is people are comfortable coming there,” Riccobene told a local television station. “A lot of people [in my office] were already used to dealing with diseases, so everyone is going to be in a proper PPE.”
Dentists get creative in bid to recover from Covid downturn Gene Marks
Last year was not a good year for many small businesses – and dentists didn’t escape the downturn either.
According to a recent survey from SoftwarePundit, a technology research firm that advises dental practices, the $139bn dental industry suffered a revenue decline of about 6% in 2020 compared with 2019, with dental hygiene appointments alone dropping 47%, as some put off hygiene and other dental work during the pandemic out of health and safety fears, while others (like me) just used the pandemic as a convenient excuse to avoid an appointment that we never enjoy.
Nicky Holland
Prelude
On The Stairs
Re-Release Date: 5/5/1992
L.A. Scene
| 01/05/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) If you are fan of Tears For Fears, the name Nicky Holland is pretty well-known to you. Nicky Holland (or sometimes nicknamed Nockles ) started out as a touring musician with Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal during 1985 s Songs From the Big Chair tour. On the subsequent Tears For Fears album, The Seeds of Love , Nicky Holland became Roland Orzabal s primary songwriting partner on 5 of the 8 songs as well as studio musician (Keyboard, piano, and background vocals). On The Seeds of Love , Nicky co-wrote some of the album s best work - namely songs that have become Tears For Fears classics like Advice For the Young at Heart , Famous Last Words , Badman s Song , Swords and Knives , and Year of the Knife . Following the 1990 split of Curt and Roland from Tears For Fears, everyone seemed to go their separate ways. With all of the talent and promise she sho
Morongo Basin Sheriff’s deputies raided 10 illegal marijuana grows in the Desert Heights neighborhood of Twentynine Palms Friday and Saturday. Between 8 a.m. Friday and 3:20 p.m. Saturday, deputies served search warrants at locations on Two Mile Road, Bellerue Road, Indian Trail, Morongo Road, Nandina Street, Meldora Avenue, Canyon Road, Rogers Lane, and Giant Rock Avenue. The Sheriff’s Department said more than 10,400 plants (weighing more than six tons) were seized and six arrests were made. There were no weapons or other drugs at any of the locations.
Arrested were:
Rebecca Feldman, 43-year-old female resident of Twentynine Palms, Charge: Marijuana Cultivation
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