It’s like a spaceship! But rounder and with a cooler texture!
It’s an exciting and scary time to be aboard Spaceship Earth. Let us be clear - we’re talking about both the metaphor referencing the planet we’re on as well as the ride inside the giant golf ball at Epcot. Some jerk virus decided to try to make us all cough on each other, and if it gets the chance, stop us from breathing altogether. Viruses have been trying to do this for a long time, but the CDC insists that this one’s pretty good at it.
In the meantime, your kids still have mouths, many of which contain teeth. As a healthcare practice, we’re constantly practicing “universal precautions.” This doesn’t mean that we’re making sure that the universe is extra careful when the floor is wet, it means we treat all of your children like the magical disease-carrying vectors that they are. It means we’ve treated you like that since the first time we met you. We treat ourselves the same way. You’re welcome.
What about coming to the dentist? The CDC’s guidelines have recommended avoiding large gatherings of people. We’re a tiny practice that sees no more than three patients at a time, so we’re cool there. They haven’t yet recommended avoiding gatherings of large people, so Dr. Kev’s also cool.
We get slathered up in industrial grade hand sanitizer before and after we put on gloves, we’re masked for everything, all instruments are sterile, and all available surfaces are wiped down with Cavicide between patients. In other words, universal precautions.
If you’re considering opening a pediatric dental office, don’t buy one of these, no matter what the sales rep tells you.
We’re also against taking unnecessary risks. When the practice first opened, we didn’t even consider building what Dr. Kev called a “venomous snake juggling station” in our waiting room. Would it be pretty cool? Probably. Is it an unnecessary risk? Technically, yes. We don’t position our dental chairs over tanks of blue-ringed octopuses, and we don’t want you to bring your kids to their dental appointments if anyone in the house has a fever and feels like garbage. In other words, the same way we felt before there was a pandemic.
If you’re sick, or your kids are sick, call us to cancel and stay home. We promise to do the same. In the meantime, if the CDC guidelines change, we’ll adjust our planning accordingly. We’re here to help take care of your children while the rest of the world settles down.