Archive for September, 2020

Ask An Expert: Can Your Employer Make You Get A COVID-19 Test?

Excerpts and edited notes for this blog were referenced from an “Ask An Expert” KCBS radio station 740 FM segment on September 22nd, 2020 at 9:20 AM hosted by Stan Bunger. The following blog is presented for viewers to validate, accept and/or decline its content and findings on their own. As we continue to navigate […]

How Do You Wear Your Mask?

How you wear your mask makes a difference! Cyndi Carroll Spence, Registered Dental Hygienist in Extended and Expanded Functions at Dr. Gar N. Chan’s Family Dentistry Practice in Gilroy, California shows us the right and wrong ways to wear a mask.

Are Salivary Diagnostics for COVID-19 as Reliable as Nasopharyngeal Swabs?

Excerpts and edited notes for this blog were referenced from a post by Perio Implant Advisory written by Dr. Scott Froum, DDS on August 26th, 2020. The following blog is presented for viewers to validate, accept and/or decline its content and findings on their own. A new noninvasive COVID-19 test utilizing salivary diagnostics has recently […]

Decontaminating N95 Respirator Masks after SARS-CoV-2 Exposure

Excerpts and edited notes for this blog were referenced from a post by Perio Implant Advisory written by Dr. Scott Froum, DDS on September 1st, 2020, who examined the results from a new study that looked at four decontamination methods on N95 respiratory mask filter fabric that had been exposed to SARS-CoV. The following blog […]

Dr. Gar Chan & South-Bay-Backpackers Rescued From Raging Creek Fire

Dr. Gar Chan and his two hiking friends had to make alternate plans on their backpacking trip this past week due to the raging fires. For all of our family, friends and patients who have been calling about him, Dr. Chan arrived home safely and today he is back at the office doing what he […]

Ask An Expert: HOW TO CHECK IF YOU’RE VENTILATING INDOOR SPACES PROPERLY

Hepa filter with functional description Excerpts and edited notes for this blog were referenced from an “Ask An Expert” KCBS radio station 740 FM segment on September 3rd, 2020 at 9:20 AM sponsored by Stanford Health Care, hosted by Stan Bunger. The following blog is presented for viewers to validate, accept and/or decline its content […]