COVID19 Update – 18th March 2020

You may have seen in the news that the Scottish Government are proposing that dental practices will be able to provide a full range of NHS treatment from 1st November 2020. We are currently awaiting further information and guidance from the Chief Dental Officer to clarify exactly what this service will look like.

Just another quick update for all patients of Shane and Louise. Following the appropriate guidelines, we are using enhanced PPE and fallow time for all treatments involving an aerosol procedure and can thankfully say there is no treatment we can not carry out. The only exception for now is a routine clean with the dentist.

Shane and Louise have been back in the practice for about 6 weeks now getting through the back log of outstanding treatments for their patients. Over the last couple of weeks we have also started seeing routine checkups again and the hygienist is back too.

The Scottish Government have announced that Dental Practices can reopen from Monday 22nd June. Frustratingly, we are still very restricted in what we can offer during Phase 2. This will be limited to emergency treatment only and patients will be triaged and seen strictly by appointment only.

The practice may not be open but our dentists are available for advice over the phone everyday (including weekends). To access this service call the practice on 0131 229 3039 & listen to the full message for instructions on how to request telephone advice from our dentists.