Skipping Your Routine Checkup Appointment Can Do Harm

Our office has had an above average number of emergency cases since COVID-19 made its way into our daily life. It’s a fact. Patients increase their chances of emergency problems when they miss their regular dental hygiene appointments.

Enterprise Dental Care has had no COVID related incidents to date. You can feel confident about keeping your hygiene appointment and avoid the risk of emergency problems.

Dental Hygiene Appointments In A COVID World

Concerns about the COVID virus are understandable but regular dental hygiene checkups are important in preventing emergency dental visits and protecting your overall health.

The question we all have to answer is, “how do we balance Covid safety and prevent unnecessary emergency visits?”

We Provide Safer Dental Visits - Reduce Emergency Visits

• The staff and dentists at Enterprise Dental Care do everything in their power to keep you safe. We know, if we keep you safe, we keep our staff and dentists safe. We have no interest in seeing you or members of our staff getting sick.
• By keeping your regular Dental Hygiene Appointment you help prevent costly and difficult Emergency Dental work. Pain is a sign your body needs immediate attention. You can avoid pain by keeping your routine checkup appointment.

Safe Office - Healthy Patients

We keep our office safe. Center for Disease Control safety recommendations have been implemented.

Here are some key COVID safety steps we take every day:

• Reduce the number of patients per day to allow more time between patients and minimize interactions
• Patient screening for COVID symptoms
• Staff and dentists screening and daily monitoring of health
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worn by all dental personnel
• Hygiene safety before and after patient visits

Dental Care is Essential Health Care

"At this point in time, the American Dental Association firmly believes dental care can continue to be delivered safely," ADA President Daniel J. Klemmedson, D.D.S., M.D., said in a statement Nov. 17.”

“Guidance recommended by the ADA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to safeguard the health of the public. Dental care is essential health care. Regular dental visits are important because treatment, as well as prevention of dental disease, helps keep people healthy."

To the best of our knowledge, Enterprise Dental Care has had zero COVID incidents since the start of the pandemic. We do everything in our power to keep our office Covid Safe. You can read more here.

Rest assured. We’ve had a terrific track record to date of keeping patients and our staff free from COVID. A regular check up will likely prevent an emergency visit that could be costly and painful. We encourage you to keep your routine dental checkup.