June 15, 2021 12 3085 Quick Summary: CDA Practice Support answers dentists’ top questions about physical distancing, patient screening and other requirements that will continue in health care settings after much of the California economy reopens June 15. CDA members are asking how the state’s reopening will apply to dental practices. Here, CDA Practice Support answers members’ top questions about physical distancing, patient screening, the use of face coverings and other requirements that will continue in health care settings after June 15. Must we continue to screen patients and take temperatures? Yes. Patient screening and temperature taking are recommended in the CDC guidance for dental practice. Employers are required by Cal/OSHA to implement controls to limit the COVID-19 transmission, and patient screening is considered a control.