Temporary Dental Clinic Closures

Visualize yourself as a local dental assistant  during a threatening global pandemic. Well being a dental assistant isn't easy, especially since you have people, other than yourself, to take care of and ensure their safety. Dentistry departments should close until after the Coronavirus is contained, because the virus negatively impacts the occupation. Being a dental assistant is very risky, and the ways they provide care to their patients, can and may increase the transmission of the Coronavirus to others.

Consequently, a dental assistant's role is to clean their patients' teeth, which means they have to pry into people's mouths. "The practice of dentistry involves the use of rotary dental and surgical instruments...These instruments create a visible spray that can contain particle droplets of water, saliva, blood, microorganisms, and other debris." (CDC). This can cause a very unsanitary environment, which can cause the spread of Coronavirus. If dentist clinics were closed during this troubling time, less people would be susceptible to COVID-19 through dentistry. This shows one way how closing dental clinics can prevent exposure to the virus.

I have two minutes to tell you that Dental Clinics should be closed until post-pandemic times. This is for the safety of the dentists & dental assistants who work there, and their patients. This may help "to reduce the risk for transmitting and acquiring infection," (CDC). With less people at dental clinics, where the environment can become unsanitary, less people can be exposed to the Coronavirus. Though some may say that closing the dentistry occupation isn't important, being a dentist is an essential job to postpone during a global pandemic such as the Coronavirus, for the reasons of good health for everybody. And now fellow peers and scholars, I invite you to take care of your teeth and use floss, this is very important. Let your children clean their teeth twice a day, and do not let them drink a lot of juices. That will raise awareness of the importance of dental clinics. Thank you!!!