With the COVID-19 pandemic taking the world by storm and disrupting many aspects of our lives, dental care has become tricky. Most, if not all, dentists throughout the country (and world) have been forced to shut their doors due to supply shortages and government mandates. In most cases, they are authorized to treat dental emergencies, but other procedures have been temporarily suspended.
So what does that mean for parents and their kids? Our resident pediatric dentist, Dr. Gregory Sheppard, is here today to answer that question and many others like it.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
- What the Center for Disease Control, the American Dental Association, and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry has recommended for dental care in the midst of COVID-19
- Why most dentists have temporarily closed their practices
- What to do if your dentist is closed and your child is experiencing tooth pain
- How to determine if the symptoms your child is experiencing constitute a dental emergency
- What to look for to determine if your child has an abscessed, (or infected) tooth, and why it is vital to get treatment immediately if an infection is present
- What to do if your child knocks out a tooth (during a pandemic or any other time), and how long you have to save the tooth under such circumstances
- What your dentist REALLY wants you to understand right now