Mobile dentistry program back filling the gap at long-term care homes Save to Read Later
When long-term care homes locked down last year, Manitoba dentists were among the visitors no longer allowed in.
When long-term care homes locked down last year, Manitoba dentists were among the visitors no longer allowed in.
For more than 20 years, the University of Manitoba s Centre for Community Oral Health has been running a mobile dentistry program that visits long-term care homes in Winnipeg and St. Adolphe. When COVID-19 halted it, the travelling teams of dentists, dental assistants and hygienists had to enact protocols for virtual visits and make sure patients with urgent needs could still get emergency dentistry.