Toowoomba Dental Open Update

On Friday 8th May, The Dental Board of Australia (DBA) announced that dental restrictions will be eased from level 2 to level 1, effective immediately. As a result, this means that we can now see patients for all types of dental procedures using standard infection control precautions. Please note that under the level 1 restrictions, only patients that do not meet epidemiological or clinical risk factors for COVID-19 infection transmission are permitted to be treated.

We are currently working through prioritising patients who could not attend their appointment/s under the level 2 and 3 restrictions and those that have an emergency requiring immediate treatment.

When you arrive for your appointment, please proceed to reception to notify us that you have arrived for your appointment. Reception will either ask you to take a seat inside or proceed to wait on our front veranda in an effort to maintain social distancing in the non-clinical areas.

Some changes you may notice:

• Social distancing measures implemented throughout non-clinical areas of the practice

• No magazines or children’s toys in the waiting room

• Fewer waiting room chairs

• Increased environmental cleaning of high contact areas

• Additional questions regarding your health and recent travel

• Less staff working at any one time

We kindly ask that you:

• Limit accompanying persons at your appointment

• Arrive on time for your appointment, but no more than 10min prior to your scheduled appointment time

• Use supplied alcohol-based hand sanitiser on arrival and conclusion of your appointment Toowoomba Dental will continue to review the COVID-19 pandemic, and any legislative changes that affect the operational status going forward will be communicated with all patients.

Advise us if you have:

• returned from overseas travel in the past 14 days

• felt/feel unwell, including but not limited to symptoms of COVID-19 such as fever, cough, sore throat or shortness of breath

• had any contact with a confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19 in the past 14 days

We thank you all for being patient and understanding during this time.