08/05/2020
This is a message to my patients and to those seeking dental care:
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 spreads through respiratory droplets. That’s what flies through the air when you cough or sneeze. If someone breathes this in, they can get sick. It’s also in the mucus and saliva in your mouth and throat. Some dental devices can spray these droplets around. These can come into contact with skin or mucous membranes, and/or lodge on the surfaces of the dental office or other materials used during the dental appointment.
Realize that covid-19 is very much contagious and high levels of protection are needed to ensure that cross contamination will not happen. Cross contamination can occur by direct contact with microorganisms from patient to patient or patient to dentist and vice versa (droplet transmission and inhalation of airborne pathogens). Most dental offices aren’t designed for high levels of protection.
The Philippine Dental Association came up with protocols and proper clinic set-up. Our dental clinic is preparing to be compliant with the new standards that PDA has presented to ensure the safety of everyone. Please allow us time to modify our clinic and to purchase necessary equipment like virus filters, PPE's, etc (which are hard to come by because of limited supply, lack of manpower, and restricted movement brought about by the ECQ). Please bear with us at these trying times. You can send us a message if you need to consult.
Thank you.