Health Inspired Dentistry Blog
Healthcare providers are urging people to reschedule their postponed appointments
9-14-20
Special News Release from the U.S. News & World Report: Sept 9th, 2020 by Elaine K. Howley
“…doctors and other health care providers from across the whole health care spectrum are urging patients to reschedule appointments that may have been canceled or postponed over the spring and summer.”
U.S. News & World Report contributor Elaine Howley interviewed key healthcare experts and have found that our precautionary measure with COVID-19 have worked better than expected and did not result in ER surges as some predicted.
Dr. Carrie A. Horn, a hospitalist and chief medical officer and chief of the division of hospital and internal medicine at National Jewish Health in Denver, says that initially, this move to cancel everything “was an acceptable thing to do because the provider offices didn’t have the personal protective equipment or the knowledge of what was going on to feel comfortable bringing people into a public setting.”
Since those earliest days, however, we’ve learned a lot about the virus, and some of the supply chain issues surrounding producing adequate PPE have improved, meaning that many health care offices and hospitals can now get back to a more normal workflow. And now doctors and other health care providers from across the whole health care spectrum are urging patients to reschedule appointments that may have been canceled or postponed over the spring and summer.
“Elective surgery does not mean optional or unimportant,” McBeth notes. “Many times, these are very important to preserve one’s health and quality of life.”
As Dr. Minadeo-Fox has noted in this recent article, dental care is crucial to overall health, and poor dental care is associated with unwanted diseases such heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, lung disease and cancer. If that’s not enough, she lists nine other reasons for maintaining your regular checkups/teeth cleanings.
Our team is dedicated to keeping you safe
Our infection control processes at Health Inspired Dentistry are made so that when you receive care, it’s both safe and comfortable. Because we are a Mercury Safe Office, we already provide additional safety protocols that non-mercury safe offices do not. And we’ve gone beyond the sanitation practices recommended by the ADA since the COVID-19 outbreak.
For a complete list of our guidelines and what you can expect, see our COVID Letter Update.
If you’ve been putting off your regular scheduled teeth cleaning and checkup, now is the time to get back on schedule. Preventive maintenance is much less costly than the complications that may otherwise arise.
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