Kouri, a director of the Iowa Dental Association, was able to shoulder the cost of retrofitting his office. He knows other dentists, particularly younger dentists still paying off loans or renting out space, are facing far steeper climbs to recovery. “I’m really worried for some of the really small practices, practices in rural Iowa and younger dentists’ practices everywhere,” Kouri said. ADADSo the dental association dispatched four trucks to Fresno, then made the five-plus-hour trip to a dental supply company in Reno, Nev., from which they distribute goods. “It’s hard on a lot of dentists,” said Douglas Robertson, president of the West Virginia Dental Association.

Source: Washington Post May 29, 2020 12:03 UTC