As of May 4, dentists in Alberta will be able to provide urgent dental care in addition to emergent care as COVID-19 restrictions ease.
The change to accommodate more patients is welcome news for Eric Tse. He said he has been suffering from jaw pain for weeks and was finally able to get an appointment at Ranchlands Dental Clinic in Calgary on Tuesday. “Everything has been so stressful.
I have been taking so much medication just to relieve the pain,” he said. Tse said he felt confident about being one of the first urgent-care patients to be seen in Calgary. “They are all health professionals so I do trust them.
I’m sure they do everything they can to make sure you’re safe,” Tse said. The office Tse went to in Ranchlands normally sees eight