Ask the Dentist: Covid-19

Q: Is it safe to visit the dentist during COVID-19?

A: Singapore’s government has implemented a series of circuit breaker (aka enhanced safe distancing) measures to encourage everyone to stay home as much as possible to prevent further local transmission.

During this period of time, dental clinics are open as we are providing essential services. However, the focus of dental practitioners is to provide urgent/emergency dental treatment. This means that dental treatment that require immediate or timely attention to:

• relieve severe pain, risk of infection
  
• prevent significant deterioration of the patient’s oral/general health.

All other elective dental procedures should be rescheduled to a later time.

If you are feeling any discomfort/pain or experiencing any bleeding/swelling, do contact your respective dental clinics for an appointment as soon as possible. A dental specialist / dentist will be able to attend to your needs.

To ensure the safety and well-being of our patients and team members, we conduct the following: 

• thorough screening measures to ensure all patients/visitors who enter are well
• put on full personal protection equipment for the management of viral spread from aerosol generating procedures
• carry out high standards of disinfection as each patient enters the clinic and after each dental procedure
• implement adequate physical distancing between each patient in the waiting area.

Dr Steven Soo is a Dental Specialist in Prosthodontics with Specialist Dental Group®. He was formerly a Clinical Lecturer at the Eastman Dental Institute and Clinical Teacher at the GKT Dental Institute, both of which are affiliated with the University of London. Dr Soo has a special interest in prosthetic and implant restorative dentistry.
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