Dentists now charging more for PPE?

[PCIntern]

12. I thanK you for the distinguished honor..

Proper PPE is now very hard to come by. I’m back to work and rationing PPE

That being said, it does not cost an enormous amount of money per patient to provide PPE. The stipulations are widely interpreted, but by and large the patient is extremely well protected with judicious use of PPE. That does not mean that everything has to be fully changed between patients. Believe me, you are much more likely to be infected by The coronavirus when coming up in the elevator to my office then at the office itself. As far as our health and safety, as I’ve said in many posts it’s a real crapshoot. However, it’s what we do for the community and of course as a living. I’m very happy to be helping many of the people who were in real trouble while I was out. Hospital emergency rooms are incapable for the most part of Managing these cases and short of full-blown facial abscesses there is no treatment available to alleviate dental pain and suffering at the hospital. The exceptions of course, are hospitals affiliated with dental schools which have residency programs. But those are few and far between.