Maitland Dental in Maitland, South Australia | Medical and health

Maitland Dental

Locality: Maitland, South Australia

Phone: 88322418

Address: 69 Robert Street 5573 Maitland, SA, Australia

Website: https://maitlanddentalsa.com.au/contact-us

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24.01.2022 A medical point of view.. RETIRED SURGEON Sam Laucks, has this to say about wearing masks: OK, here’s my rant about masks: I have spent the past 39 years working in the field of surgery. For a significant part of that time, I have worn a mask. I have worked with hundreds (probably thousands) of colleagues during those years, who have also worn masks. Not a single one us of became ill, passed out or died from lack of oxygen. Not a single one of us became ill, passed out or d...Continue reading

24.01.2022 CODIV-19 Update Dentistry, like most occupations, is waiting anxiously to see if and when restrictions on our ability to work may be eased. Today the Federal Cabinet apparently is considering lifting some restrictions. We will probably all find out together via press conferences.... Stay safe

24.01.2022 EASING OF RESTRICTIONS ON DENTAL SERVICES As of 14/05/2020 restrictions on the provision of dental services in South Australia have been eased from Level 2 to Level 1. What does this mean??... The introduction of Level 1 service restrictions means our practice will be able to extend services to all routine dental treatments including those involving high-speed and surgical handpieces. Clients will continue to be screened for risk, and triaged according to their dental needs and appointment times are being adjusted to ensure safety measures such as social distancing can be followed. We may not be back to normal, but we are heading toward the new normal in how dental services are provided. This means we will continue to screen all patients with regard to international travel, contact with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 sufferers, and any flu like symptoms, shortness of breath, sore throat, cough or elevated temperature. We will also institute other measures: Discouraging extra people at reception. Encouraging patients to come alone where possible. Hand sanitiser on arrival. Washing hands with soap and water in the operatory. Pre-treatment mouth rinses. More routine use of rubber dam. And anything else suggested by health authorities over time. So we are back ready, willing and able to provide dental care to our valued patients. It’s been a strange year, and we will endeavour to get back to something approaching business as usual.

22.01.2022 Dentistry is now operating at Level 2 restrictions. This means we are able to provide a greater range of treatment to our patients. It’s not business as usual and we have adopted some additional measures to protect staff and patients. COVID-19 continues to effect us all, but we are looking forward to a more normal life later in the year with restaurants, shops and hotels open again. And when social isolating and wearing masks in public is a distant memory. ... Stay safe.

18.01.2022 Are we back? Short answer is yes, no and maybe. At present general dental practices are severely restricted as to what services we can offer....essentially emergency treatment only. Recommendations have been made to move Level 3 restrictions to Level 2 next week.....these are recommendations at this stage but it does seem likely that we will be back to Level 2 in late April.... It's a strange transition as we "think" it will be Level 2 by the 28th of April or so, but as yet it's not set in stone. And we will still be somewhat restricted in what we can do. We will keep you posted.

18.01.2022 Level 5 Restrictions on Dental Treatment We have been advised that as from 12.01am Thursday 19 November dental practices in South Australia are operating under level 5 restrictions. Essentially this means that we can’t provide anything near routine dental treatment. All we can do is triage patients and refer for management of severe dental or facial injury. As soon as we are able to resume normal business we most surely will.

18.01.2022 Social distancing works. We are all #InThisTogetherOhio. www.coronavirus.ohio.gov

16.01.2022 Dentistry in the COVID-19 era. We are back providing a wide range of dental services, with just a few modifications.....all aimed at preventing the spread of the virus. Social distancing....less chairs in our reception area and we are booking appointments to reduce the number of people at the practice at any one time.... Asking patients to either come alone or with a minimum number of others. Having anyone with a fever, cough, sore throat or any possible contact with a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 sufferer to reappoint. On arrival patients use our hand sanitizer, have their temperature taken and are taken through a COVID-19 checklist. All of our staff have their temperature taken each day, and will be sent home if above 37.5 degrees centigrade. In the operatory we have our patients wash their hands with a liquid hand wash and water, and then have a pre-operative mouth rinse. PLUS we continue to implement all of the recommended routine infection control measures that we have had in place for many years. So our apologies for all the extra bits and pieces we ask of you but obviously this is for everyone's benefit.

12.01.2022 Check ups aren't free if the monkey isn't in, but the costs still are very reasonable when Dr Satera or Dr Wayne do them and they are definitely more thorough.

10.01.2022 Dental treatment is not everyone's idea of a good time. And yesterday I (Wayne) was on the other side of the event.....I had a filling done. It was interesting feeling the effects of local anesthesia, holding my mouth open, having rubber dam on and hearing the high speed in MY mouth. All in all it was no great drama for me even though the numbness made me feel weird when I was trying to talk afterwards. Best part of it was being a dental patient though, and experiencing first hand the local anesthetic, trying to swallow with my mouth open, noticing that the high speed turbine sounded different, confirming that the low speed really did rumble and that a high filling did feel really high. Next time I'll try root canal treatment

08.01.2022 This year has been blighted by COVID 19 which makes us want to hit 2021 with renewed efforts. We are .......renovating our premises .......adding a second operatory .......increasing our hours... and purchasing a Primescan (Google Cerec Primescan for information) to enable us to more fully provide digital dentistry. Maitland Dental is looking forward to charging into the New Year and providing Maitland with the best dental services we can. See more

07.01.2022 Well, that was weird. Our 6 day lockdown lasted 3 days. And after having level 5 restrictions mandated on SA dental practices for 3 days we are back to business as usual. But business as usual still means screening patients for COVID symptoms (elevated temperature, dry cough, tiredness, loss of taste & smell, sore throat) and international or national travel. ...

06.01.2022 BREAKING: The government has eased dental service restrictions to 'Level 2', from 26th of April. The Prime Minister has just made the announcement that gives dental practices the ability to attend to the needs of a broader range of patients, not just emergencies. The ADA will continue to support and guide dental practitioners through any change to the level of restrictions. Keep an eye on www.ada.org.au/covid19... What does this mean? We will keep you informed as to what we will be doing, and from when. Stay tuned

01.01.2022 We are in the process of expanding our practice, and it’s a pretty exciting time for us (COVID-19 notwithstanding ). A second operatory will be added and our reception area rearranged. It will allow far more flexibility in how we deliver our services, as we will now have one dedicated operatory for our dentists and another for our hygiene and dental therapy operators.