Dental students at University of the Pacific's Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco have begun administering COVID-19 vaccines to patients.
California's Department of Consumer Affairs issued a waiver on March 30 that expanded COVID-19 vaccinator eligibility to include dental students, under supervision. The state waiver followed a federal emergency declaration earlier in the month designating additional healthcare professionals as "qualified persons" authorized to administer COVID-19 vaccines.
Angelica Amatangelo became the first dental student at the school to administer a COVID-19 vaccine to a patient on October 21.
Angelica Amatangelo and faculty member Dr. Lori Doran-Garcia at the first student-led COVID-19 vaccination clinic. Image courtesy of the University of the Pacific.More than 40 states in the U.S. have changed regulations to allow dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccines, according to data from the ADA.
