Well, we are opening the dental practice fullbore on Monday.
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It will actually be my seventh week back to work in some capacity, I’ve been doing mostly emergencies and things which are brewing which will cause trouble shortly. But the hygienist are returning and elective work is permitted in Pennsylvania and our schedule filled almost immediately.
What I find very interesting is that the vast number of people implicitly trust us to do the right thing. Which we are. We have all that PPE equipment, air filtration, chemicals and everything else which is required for this. We have course will not utilize our waiting room the way we used to, people will wait outside or in a different place and once we have been advised of their arrival, we will call them and we will bring them directly into the dental chair. Five chairs no waiting. It takes somewhat longer to clean up the room and so obviously we will see fewer patients but I will tell you that it has actually become easier to practice because once again, people realize the value of the services I provide.
Now what is not being discussed is that the insurance companies have not been processing the claims in an appropriate manner so what many officers have done is bill the patients for the insurance fee in full at the time of the visit and get the reimbursement to the patients either directly or through the doctor. This has led to many fascinating discussions with long-term patients who are Appropriately quite upset at the new system, but even they understand the exigencies of the new normal.
Nothing is the same as it was four months ago in any respect in any aspect of our lives. I don’t know that this will be permanent but it has been a seachange and I believe that the sane middle of the road politically Is finally beginning to understand just how crazy the right wing is, and how destructive they are to the fabric of society. It took a triple crisis to get through to many of these people, but I think they’ve got it now. At least I hope and pray so, at least.
Here goes nothing...
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the way I see it, they are in the business of being clean and I do trust them......and no, I still have not received a haircut 
I'll check with my dentist regarding waiting protocol because no way can I sit out there in that Texas heat, even with AC it would suck
on edit, I love that you said BUILD THE PATIENCE instead of billed the patients.....in the context I do believe that may be a Freudian slip 
