While many businesses have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, dentists have faced some of the biggest challenges because numerous procedures routinely use instruments that can create droplets and aerosols, posing potential risks of transmission.
Many were closed for months and were seeing emergency cases only. They were seeing patients who were in pain; no treatment was being done to not have aerosols. It was whatever could be done without a handpiece or ultrasonic devices. There were no fillings, no treatment per se, or crowns — only for symptom relief.
Patients, of course, were anxious about safety, so it has taken a lot of training of staff and then also reassuring patients of all the steps that were taken so that they feel safe to come in. Pre-COVID versus post-COVID, most practices have lost 20 to 30% business.
Now there is emergency business relief for the dental industry and it is not a loan. More info here.
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