As patients return, dentists are confronting a unique set of new safety challenges—and a significant pocket of resistance from some hygienists who never used to view their work as life-threatening.
Dental professionals progress through a dental procedure on a patient at Bloom Dental Group on May 15, 2020, in San Mateo, Calif. The dental office has several high-efficiency particulate air purifiers and a device near the patient that continuously vacuums the surrounding air.
“We're doing everything we can do to provide a safe environment, not only for our staff, but for the patients when they show up,” said Dr. Kirk Norbo, a Virginia dentist who reopened his practice to elective procedures on May 4, and helped write the ADA reopening guidelines. In text message threads and on industry message boards, many have expressed concerns that the return is premature, and that some dental practices are not sufficiently prepared to protect dentists, their staff and patients from coronavirus.
Munera, the New Jersey hygienist, told ABC News that even though her employer took steps to protect his office – purchasing new air filters and suction equipment to minimize aerosol particles, in addition to wider use of masks and gowns – some other dentists are not. She said they are putting their staffs at risk.
“The CDC has to make a guideline that goes basically to the lowest common denominator and the safest possible method for any or all situations,” Dr. Tom Paumier, a dentist in Canton, Ohio, and former president of the Ohio Dental Association, who reopened his practice to non-emergency care in early May. “The reality is that if you’re practicing in New York City it would be very different than Canton, Ohio, or anywhere else.
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