YOUR GUIDE TO STAYING SAFE THROUGH COVID-19 TIPS AND RESOURCES YOU CAN TRUST
What is Great Smiles doing to stop the spread?
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• To protect our patients and staff, and to encourage everyone to follow the stay-at-home initiative, we have postponed all elective and routine dental procedures until the end of April. • If you have an appointment in April, please know that we will reach out to you upon our return, if we haven’t done so already. We are here for your emergencies! • Call us. We will schedule a telemedicine consult to talk to you face-to-face and look at the area of concern. • Many things can be done to help a dental concern without having to leave your home.
• USA.gov/coronavirus — The latest COVID-19 news from our national government, touching on everything from Medicare and unemployment to food safety 3 Ways to Boost Your Immune System • Breathe through your nose and not your mouth • Eat nutrition-dense meals and avoid sugar and refined carbohydrates, which turn into sugar in our bodies • Get 7–8 hours of quality sleep encourage you not to go to the emergency room for dental-related emergencies. Please give our office a call for instructions on how to set up a telemedicine consultation so that we can have a plan for you before leaving your home. And the best part? Sometimes the plan doesn’t involve leaving your home. There are many ways we could talk to you through managing a dental concern. Please do not leave it until the last minute when your dental concern becomes an emergency. Let’s get ahead of it and talk about it before it gets to that level. For more information, please visit our YouTube channel and subscribe! addressed in the office, please know this: We only open the office for dental emergencies, and we will only be seeing one patient at a time. • There will only be one or two staff members in the office at a time to minimize contact. • We follow all state, national, and CDC guidelines for sterilization and disinfection and have put extra protocols in place to maintain a sterilized and disinfected environment. • We are wiping down doorknobs and common surfaces hourly when the office is open.
Talk to Dr. Weddle!
We hope you are all safe and well as we practice staying at home and
social distancing to help flatten the curve. I’d like to remind everyone
that we are here for you. Please call if you have any dental-related questions or concerns. We would like to make sure that
our emergency medical personnel could focus on medical-related emergencies. As such, we strongly
Your COVID-19 Resources: All of the Facts, None of the Hype • COVID19.NJ.gov — Everything you need to know about the state of New Jersey’s coronavirus response, directly from state officials • CDC.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html — Tips on how to protect yourself and what to do if you’re feeling sick, courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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