As we enter each day of this COVID-19 Pandemic the rules and the guidance change.

Now we have entered Level 3 for Dental Practices and Dentists. This means emergency appointments only.

For COVID-19 Level 3 Practice Expectations and Examples please refer to this link below from the Dental Board and The Australian Dental Association.

https://www.dentalboard.gov.au/News/2020-03-28-AHPPC-advice.aspx

https://www.ada.org.au/Campaign/COVID-19/Level-3-Restrictions-on-dental-practices/Level-3-Practice-Expectations-and-Examples/Level-3-Practice-Expectations-and-Examples.aspx

Meantime I want to provide you with useful guidance for what to say to your patients or what your team need to be saying to patients on the phones at this time.

Dentists are screaming out at the moment for the best way to communicate with their patients. Dentists are wanting to know how do they best communicate with their patients to ensure they are ethically still caring for them.

I know many practices, including many of my valued clients have chosen and decided to close their practice.

Now is the time to carefully follow the steps you need to follow to effectively and carefully communicate with your patients.

Now is a very sensitive time for yourselves, your patients and your business.

You want to make sure you get this right! Please don’t get this wrong.

If you have now closed your dental practice, this is the next step.

You need to call patients day by day to inform them that their appointments now need to be RESCHEDULED.

Yes your patient’s appointments need to be RESCHEDULED, NOT CANCELLED.

I have recommended that all appointments SHOULD be rescheduled at least 2-3 months out.

I know this time frame is changing all the time, but give your patients a sense of hope and future with an appointment for the treatment they need and want.

The last thing you want your patients to feel, is abandoned and alone right now.

If you tell your patients that you don’t know when you can book them another appointment, they are going to feel unsure, uneasy and they will quickly lose confidence in you.

The best strategy right now is to reassure your patient and make them another appointment. Worst case scenario is, you move your patient’s appointments forward or you make them another appointment in the future.

The best thing you can do for your patients right now is to set a mindset of hope and a future for when this too shall pass.

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