A gradual start for dental clinics
PERHAPS we can get some ideas in other places where lockdown restrictions have been lifted.
In New Mexico, United States, many dental clinics remain closed...
Safer dental clinics
ON May 21, the American Dental Association (ADA) issued more detailed guidance on how to resume dental practices safely.
It offers insight that could well...
Infection control (Part 2)
IF THE column previous to this sounded like very drastic changes to the dental clinic and the dentist that we have been familiar with,...
Infection Control (Part 1)
DENTISTRY as we know it has drastically changed.
In this time of the coronavirus pandemic, the California Department of Public Health’s dental care directive is...
Toolkit for re-opening dental clinics
THE American Dental Association (ADA) has issued a Return to Work Interim Guidance Toolkit to help dentists return to more normal practice operations.
The toolkit,...
Where to seek dental treatment?
THIS IS a question that arises among many during the lockdowns: Where does one seek emergency dental treatment?
It would be in the Emergency Room...
Waiting for dental clinics to re-open
IT’S BEEN a couple of months since the lockdowns have been imposed in most of the country to prevent coronavirus transmissions.
While many provinces are...
Lockdown food
AS WE stay home in a national lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, there will be plenty of times to turn to...
Dental care in a pandemic (Part 2)
THE PHILIPPINE Dental Association (PDA) “strongly” advises dental clinics “to exclude procedures which will generate aerosols of any kind at this time.”
To our dear...
Dental care in pandemic (Part 1)
FILIPINO dental practitioners should suspend all face to face dental care.
The exemptions are when emergency life-threatening cases require dental procedures during the enhanced community...