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APPOINTMENTS NEXT FRIDAY.IN CONNECTICUT... SUCHTREATMENTS ARE ALREADY HAPPENINGTODAY.AND AS CHRIS JANSING TELLS US...SOME HYGIENISTS SAY THEIR STATEMADE THE MOVETOO SOON.CONNECTICUT ORTHODONTIST DR.GARY OPIN IS BACK IN BUSINESS -FULLY REOPENING HISOFFICE.8"WE DO HAVE QUITE A BACKLOG.
WEHAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR SIX WEEKS."THE NEW NORMAL MEANS KEEPINGPATIENTS SAFE IN THE AGE OFCOVID."WE ARE WEARING-- HIGHER LEVELMASKS, N95S.
WE ARE WEARING FACESHIELDS.
ALSO AND WE'RE WEARINGDISPOSABLE GOWNS."HE'S OVERHAULED HIS OFFICE:INVESTING IN A NEW AIRFILTRATION SYSTEM ...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THENUMBER OF PATIENTS HE'LL SEEEACH DAY...AND REVAMPING WAITING ROOMPROCEDURES."THEIR TEMPERATURE WILL BECHECKED.
ONCE EVERYTHING ISDEEMED OKAY, WE WILL ESCORT THEPATIENT TO THE CHAIR WHERE WEWILL BE WORKING."DENTAL PRACTICES ARE BY NATUREINVASIVE - AND PRELIMINARYRESEARCH SUGGESTS THECORONAVIRUS SURVIVES AIRBORNEFOR HOURSTHAT'S WHY SOME INDUSTRYINSIDERS LIKE HYGIENIST MEGHANZADROWSKI, WORRY DENTAL OFFICESARERE-OPENING BEFORE IT'S SAFE56"AEROSOLS GENERATED IN A DENTALOFFICE ARE UNAVOIDABLE, WHETHERIT'S BY DENTIST'S DRILLS,WHETHER IT'S BY HYGIENISTS'INSTRUMENTS OR EVEN THE PATIENTSCOUGH."THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONHAS ISSUED NATIONAL GUIDELINESINCLUDING HYGIENISTSUSING HAND TOOLS INSTEAD OFAUTOMATED DEVICES AND LIMITINGDRILLSSUGGESTIONS THAT ZADROWSKYWORRIES NOT ALL DENTISTS WILLFOLLOWQUESTION: "WOULD YOU GO TO ADENTIST RIGHT NOW FOR ANON-EMERGENT PROBLEM?""I PERSONALLY WOULD ABSOLUTELYAVOID GOING TO THE DENTAL OFFICEWITH A NON-EMERGENT SERVICE."A RECENT NATIONAL SURVEY BY THEAMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONFOUND THREE IN TEN DENTISTS'OFFICESDIDN'T HAVE ANY SUPPLY OF N95MASKSAND NEARLY 18% HAD NO FACESHIELDS.CONNECTICUT DENTIST DR DAVIDFANTARELLA SAYS IT =HAS= BEEN ACHALLENGE1:42"SO-- SO WE DO HAVE WHAT WENEED.
IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY."AND HE'S INVESTED BEYOND THEGUIDELINES INCLUDING A FOGGER TOCLEAN ROOMS AND A MOBILE UVCUNIT TOREDUCE PATHOGENSALL DENTISTS FACING THE NEWREALITY THAT BEING AFRAID OF THEDENTIST MEANS SOMETHINGDIFFERENT NOW -1:57"I WANTED TO MAKE SURE MY CHILDWAS SAFE AND COMFORTABLE IN ASETTING OUTSIDE THE HOME."THE CHALLENGE OF REOPENING ABUSINESS - WHEN IT'S ANYTHINGBUT BUSINESS AS USUAL.ONE STUDY SUGGESTS THAT 46PERCENT OF DENTAL OFFICES IN THEU-S WOULD CLOSE IFTHEY AREN'T OPENED BY THE END OFAUGUST ....AND THE DEPARTMENT OFLABOR SAYS DENTISTOFFICES LOST HALF A MILLION JOBSIN APRIL ALONE.
THAT'S MORE THANA THIRD OF THE TOTAL JOB LOSSTHROUGHOUT THE HEALTHCAREINDUSTRY.SOME HYGIENISTS WHO AREN'TRETURNING TO WORK BECUASE OFSAFETY CONCERNS.
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