We are now halfway through week 6 after the announcement of the American Dental Association recommending pretty much the shutting down of dental practices across the country, in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and we are in the second week of seeing a slight uptick in the numbers of appointments being requested by patients. The  Read More

We are now halfway through the fifth week from March 17 when the American Dental Association recommended that we limit dental care to non-elective procedures in response to the coronavirus pandemic. And for the first time we are seeing a significant uptick in appointment requests coming from patients. Appointment requests are now down only 55%  Read More

We are now four weeks after the initial recommendation of the American Dental Association to limit dental care to non-elective procedures, given in response to the coronavirus pandemic. And this past week there has been a slight further downturn in appointment requests. In weeks one through three, appointment requests were down from 64% to 67%.  Read More

Last week, for the last three days we saw an uptick in appointment requests and were hoping that was the beginning of a trend. But unfortunately, it looks like that was just a blip in the data. For the past week, Friday March 27 through Thursday, April 2, appointment requests remain down by a pretty  Read More

My neighborhood has an HOA. I must say, though, that while many HOAs seem to attract nasty people to their boards, ours does have a kinder, gentler approach. Still, they do enforce the rules. Well, those rules came up against the coronavirus pandemic yesterday. It seems that one of my neighbors a few blocks away  Read More