Re-Opening Update
Thank you so much for your patience during this intense period of time.
Whilst we welcome the news that dentists can re-open on 8th June, we were only given this information at the same time as everybody else. Guidance on how dental practices can safely re-open was also only published to the profession on 28th May.
During our absence we have been working continually to implement and follow Government and professional guidance with regard to COVID-19. This has been fluid and at times contradictory, but we are now in a position to review the necessary policies to confirm with our professional bodies that we are compliant with regard to re-opening.
Our work generates aerosols (fine saliva particles in the air) and, whilst we have already obtained the necessary equipment to reduce this, we also need to make sure we have the adequate PPE to protect our staff and patients. PPE has been in short supply with urgent care centres and ITU quite rightly being prioritised.
We are working tirelessly around the clock so that we can resume the safe and effective provision of dental care, as rapidly as practicable. Our values Please understand we have a backlog of patients who need to be seen and we have to prioritise those who are in pain and have broken appliances. This will initially cause some delay in our booking system. I would like to reassure you that we will be doing everything in our power to see people as quickly as possible to accommodate everyone. haven’t changed; the safety of our patients and staff continues to be our top priority. We will soon have an official date and we will let our patients know immediately.
Please understand we have a backlog of patients who need to be seen and we have to prioritise those who are in pain and have broken appliances. This will initially cause some delay in our booking system. I would like to reassure you that we will be doing everything in our power to see people as quickly as possible to accommodate everyone.
We thank you for your understanding at this time and we are excited at being able to finally continue with your treatments towards creating and maintaining beautiful, healthy and confident smiles.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Matt Clare and the Team at Lincoln Orthodontics
