03/19/2020
Dear Patients,
As your dental health professional, your health and safety are our highest priority. Amid the growing concerns about COVID-19, our practice is adhering to the recommendation of the CDC and the President’s White House Coronavirus Task Force Member, Dr. Deborah L. Brix, to postpone any elective surgery through the end of March.
Concentrating on emergency dental care will allow dentists to care for emergency patients and alleviate the burden that dental emergencies would place on hospital emergency departments.
Patients with emergency dental care needs should contact our office at 770-945-7186 extension 5 or [email protected]. Emergency dental care may include:
● Any treatment for pain, swelling, infection
● Chipped, cracked and broken teeth
● Restorations that are loose or displaced
Our practice will be taking every precaution to implement procedures and protocols to ensure the safety of those patients that do come in for emergency appointments. However, we ask that dental patients with appointments refrain from coming in if they have:
■ Fever
■ Currently have a cough or shortness of breath
■ History of significant chronic illness
■ Compromised immune system
■ You or a family member are considered high-risk
■ You or a family member have travelled to a location with a level 3 travel health notice
■ Airline travel in the past 2 weeks
■ Previously asked to self-isolate or self-quarantine
■ Close contact to an individual diagnosed with COVID-19 infection
We will continue to closely monitor updates from the CDC, the ADA, the World Health organization and our state officials. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions about your oral health needs.
Stay healthy,
Your Buford Dental Associates family