MacDonald Periodontics has moved to a new location at 36 Pettingill Rd, Quispamsis, NB.

Dr. MacDonald, and his team, look forward to welcoming all current and new patients to their updated and expanded location!

RED LEVEL UPDATE

As of midnight, January 19, 2021 Zone 2 has transitioned into the RED Level of COVID 19 recovery. However, during this Red Level all dental offices will remain open as an essential service. MacDonald Periodontics continues to stay open to treat our patient family and your periodontal and dental implant needs.

In accordance with NB Public Health recommendations, and the NBDS operational plan we continue to triage all patients prior to treatment and are maintaining enhanced disinfectant and PPE protocols. Rest assured your safety, as well as the safety of our team, is our top priority.

Please contact our office if you have any questions or concerns regarding your upcoming appointments or our COVID 19 protocols. 

Please continue to follow all the NB Public Health guidelines and stay safe.

MacDonald Periodontics Update

Considering the recent rise of COVID cases in NB, and Zone 2’s change to the Orange level, we will be enhancing our screening protocols  and following the PNB’s guidelines to keep our patients and staff safe and healthy. Dental clinics will remain open to serve our patients throughout this pandemic as case numbers rise and fall. To do that safely, we must rely on EVERYONE’S co-operation. Our screening questions will now include the following:

·       “Has Public Health spoken to you through contact tracing and asked you to self-monitor for 14 days?

If yes, and you have a scheduled appointment within those 14 days, what is the nature of your upcoming appointment?

If it is urgent, and you have no symptoms, you will be seen. If you are mid-treatment for an ongoing condition, you will be seen. If your upcoming appointment is non-urgent, and you are symptomatic or not, we may ask you to defer until after the 14 day window.”

Emergency /Urgent care will be prioritized during the orange phase. However, all cases will be screened by Dr MacDonald and team on a case by case basis and treated accordingly.

For those patients who have screened negative, and have not been contacted by public health for tracing, regular treatment, hygiene visits and preventive care will continue with the enhanced PPE and protocols you have come to expect at our office.

If you are unsure, whether you have knowingly or unknowingly been part of a public exposure to COVID in our area, please consult the GNB website for current lists of locations and dates, and do your part to reduce the potential spread by considering postponing nonessential dental visits within your 14 day window.

https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/covid-19.html

Thank you for your understanding. We at MacDonald Periodontics are working hard to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. 

Dear Patients,

              As New Brunswick begins to emerge from an unprecedented global pandemic, our ability at MacDonald Periodontics to resume patient care begins. However, as with everything during COVID-19, the return of dental treatment will be introduced with new operational protocols implemented by our regulatory body, the New Brunswick Dental Society (NBDS). At MacDonald Periodontics I want to ensure all patients that we will be implementing and strictly following all required protocols to ensure patient and staff safety during this time. In fact, in many circumstances, our team will implement protocols beyond those required by our regulatory body.

              So how will your dental appointment differ in the COVID 19 environment? Our staff will be contacting you 48 hours before your appointment to pre-screen you with our COVID-19 Questionnaire, as well as review other changes with our current protocols. Upon arrival for your appointment we ask that you remain in your vehicle and telephone or text message of your arrival. We will notify you when we are ready for you to enter the premises. We ask that you arrive wearing a community mask as recommended by Public Health at this time. We also request that only you enter the premises. Our waiting room is effectively closed at this time, therefore anyone accompanying you should remain in the vehicle (unless the patient is a minor or requires a caregiver, translator, etc). Upon entering the premises, you will be met by one of my staff and be triaged before being escorted to an operatory for treatment. This will consist of repeating the COVID-19 questionnaire, as well as recording of your temperature. If a patient is exhibiting an elevated temperature or is a high-risk case based on their COVID-19 Questionnaire results they will not be seen for an appointment that day and subsequently rescheduled.

              The maintenance of social distancing is challenging within a dental office, therefore you will notice we have installed plexiglass barriers at our reception desk, fixed barriers to divide the clinical and non-clinical aspects of the office, and our staff will all be wearing enhanced PPE (personal protective equipment). This will be most noticeable during our surgical procedures where we will likely be wearing surgical gowns, n95 respirators, face shields, surgical caps, glasses, and gloves. The profession of dentistry already used universal infection control precautions and stringent sterilization protocols prior to COVID-19, however in light of this novel coronavirus, and to ensure patient and staff safety we have implemented enhanced guidelines in accordance with the NBDS,  NB Public Health and Worksafe NB. The emphasis on social distancing and enhanced infection control will also mean decreased patient volumes and a focus on individualized patient care in the office.

              Rest assured that my staff and I will do our utmost to continue to provide you with the exceptional patient care you expect from MacDonald Periodontics, however please expect some changes with your visit to our office as we focus on patient safety  and infection control in the COVID-19 environment.

Sincerely,

Dr Kevin MacDonald and Team

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

In accordance with our provincial dental regulatory body as well as the Emergency Measures Act, MacDonald Periodontics will remain closed in response to the COVID 19 pandemic.  I’m sure most of our patients are fully aware of our closure, but we wanted to ensure that any patients who had previously scheduled appointments with our clinic were aware of our closure. Our closure will remain in effect, until such time that Public Health officials, and our provincial regulatory body, deem it is safe for patients as well as staff to resume treatment.  Our priority, like yours, is to keep our community and loved ones safe, and to stop the spread of COVID 19. Any patients who require appointments rescheduled will be contacted at a later date and given priority for rescheduling of treatment.

Please listen to the recommendations by our public health officials and abide by the recommendations for social distancing, staying at home, and frequently washing your hands. We all have a role to play in mitigating the spread of this virus. 

A special thank you to those health care workers, including some of our own staff, who are tirelessly working to help those patients in need, as well as all those essential service workers that are so vitally important.

Rest assured the staff here at MacDonald Periodontics will be here for any of your periodontal and dental implant needs in the future, and in the case of emergency during the current situation we can reached by leaving a message on the office phone line (506-848-5131). These messages are checked every morning around 10am.

Stay safe,

Dr Kevin MacDonald and team

Please be advised that in response to the current COVID-19 Pandemic and in accordance with recommendations from New Brunswick's chief medical officer and the New Brunswick Dental Society, our clinic will be suspending all routine and elective dental/periodontal procedures.

At this time, as per these recommendations, only dental emergencies will be addressed. A true dental emergency is defined as " trauma, significant infection or prolonged bleeding or pain that cannot be managed by over the counter remedies". If you feel you are dealing with such an event please leave a message on our office phone line (506-848-5131) and Dr MacDonald will be in contact with you.