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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
I was asking the question. Is it mainly GP's surgeries that haven't returned to normal service?
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Although there are discussions currentley underway to get Dentists back to work as normal it isn't as easy as it seems.
My Dentist is hoping to resume a full servise in the near future but the logistics of being able to ptotect the other dentists, dental nurses, other staff and the patients is proving logistically difficult and a very costly exercise.
NHS dentist are for the most part still only able to carry out basic examinations. At the moment full PPE , waiting rooms only used if full social distancing can be applied, major cleansing of the treatment room after each patient and no drilling or use of the water jets. If emergency treatment is needed the NHS will still have to refer patients to an Emergency Dentist that can undertake the treatment they need if their dentist hasn't managed to comply with all the guidelines
My dentist can carry out checkups,X-rays and prescribe antibiotics if needed but can not yet undertake the corrective treatments, in my case a crown spit fron top to bottom 2 days after the Dentists were told to shut up shop in March.
There are dentists in the private sector working but they charge far higher rates than those working with NHS patients.
If you want to go crosseyed trying to make sense of the latest guidelines have a look at this COVID-19: Guidance for the remobilisation of services within health and care settings.
Infection prevention and control recommendations
https://assets.publishing.service.go...F_20082020.pdf