A routine trip to the dentist’s office will look a little different for Saskatchewan patients in the coming weeks. “It won’t be business as usual,” said Mandi Kuculym, a regional manager for Dentalook, a dental management company.
Kuculym, who oversees five dental offices in the province, said the new normal will include checking patients’ temperatures, screening for COVID-19 symptoms and staggering appointments. “It depends on each office and its own situation, but certainly we won’t have a waiting room full of people,” Kuculym said. “They will be managed through so we’re really minimizing any bit of interaction with patients.” Under the provincial government’s Reopen Saskatchewan plan, restricted medical services like dental offices can