Bay Area dentists are ramping up preparations for reopening their offices, which have been closed during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order except for emergency procedures but could reopen as soon as the start of June.

The California Department of Public Health last week issued guidance for resuming regular dental care. The state agency gave comprehensive instructions for how dentists and their staff should resume operating, saying they “are in the very high-risk category for exposure” to the virus.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.