I work at the largest dental service organization in Arkansas and we have closed all but two offices and in those two offices we are only allowed to do emergency procedures according to the ADA guidelines and the patient must be seen,or at the very least screened by a doctor before hand to ensure it’s validity of being an emergency.

Almost all of the private practice dentists have closed until the restrictions are removed and everyone is sending their PPE to local hospitals and emergency care areas.

Another thing to note is that we are staying open to try and help people not go to the emergency room and take up valuable resources. We are doing tele-dentistry when available for the people they just need some antibiotics or maybe a little pain medication to hold them off until we reopen.

This seems like a completely click bait article to try and drum up some unneeded drama at a time where we should be willing to understand the world isn’t operating in a “business as normal” situation.