11/04/2020
Dear Patients,
Lately our dental profession is being bashed by some, demanding where are we now as health frontliners should be.
Let me explain to those who are concerned. Obviously our working field is your mouth. Our mouth and nose are interconnected at the throat area hence when you sometimes swallow liquid, it accidentally goes out through your nose. Thus within our working field are saliva, nasal discharges, phlegm, oral microbes and blood.
To add, our hand equipment are run by compressed air hence aerosol transmission is difficult to contain. Your dentist and his/her dental assistant need PPEs which are hard to find right now as they are reserved for medical frontliners.
Our mother organization, The Philippine Dental Association PROHIBITS its members to open clinics, because it is aware that 99.99% of these are ill equipped to join this battle.
As much as we worry about our patients' well being, we will be endangering ours, our families' life and yours as well, if we give in to your demand. We apologize to our patients with pending cases such as dentures to install, braces to adjust, half finished root canal therapy, dental cavities to restore and mouths to clean.
Dental emergencies such as pain and infection are referred to hospital based dental clinics. We also do waking hours teleconsultation.
We are indeed your health providers but with apologies, we take the role of REAR GUARDS in this war.
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