For dentists in Ontario, reopening their clinics means fulfilling a long list of expensive safety requirements that could be challenging to meet.
patients who visit the dentist are not permitted to shake their dentist’s hand or have any physical contact with them. After the patient leaves the office, the clinic is required to disinfect every surface they touched, including clothes hangers, door knobs and pens.which begins June 1, patients are being advised to wait in their cars if possible and be escorted directly into the operatory room upon arrival.
But none of those provinces go as far as Ontario when it comes to spelling out wait times between patients. In B.C., Alberta and Manitoba, dentists are advised to stagger appointments between patients. In Ontario, the guidelines break down just how long dentists should wait between aerosol-generating procedures based on airflow levels in their clinic.“I think dentistry won’t be like it used to be, and the turnover and the time it took us was minutes before we moved on to another patient.
Lisa Philp, chief visionary officer for dentistry company Transitions Group North America, said the various rules and recommendations across Canada is unclear. “The confusing part nationally is that there are significant gaps from the west to the east on the rigidity of what dentistry has to do to return to work,” she said.
Most provinces require patients to undergo a pre-appointment screening to determine their risk of COVID-19. The pre-screening also provides dentists with a change to explain the new rules.
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