{"id":1143,"date":"2020-03-19T15:53:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T15:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com\/blog\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2020-03-19T15:53:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T15:53:57","slug":"so-whats-new-with-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com\/blog\/so-whats-new-with-you\/","title":{"rendered":"SO, WHAT\u2019S NEW WITH YOU?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On April 30, 2009 I submitted a column to The Town Common<\/em>\nentitled, \u201cThe Swine Flu and You\u201d. Here is the first paragraph from that\ncolumn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who knows where this pandemic will be today as you\nread this. At the time of writing I had just heard the first confirmed case in\nMassachusetts. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t know about you, but apparently the Swine Flu wasn\u2019t that big a\ndeal, because I don\u2019t really remember it. THIS ONE you are going to remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time of this writing on Tuesday March 16, 2020, my dental practice\nis scheduled to be closed for non-urgent patient care from yesterday until at\nleast April 6th<\/sup>. As I said 10+ years ago \u2013 who knows where this\npandemic will be next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information is coming at us from all different directions. I am not an\nexpert on pandemics, nor do I plan on playing one on TV. Listen to your federal,\nstate, and local officials. Trust in the system in a situation like this.\nFollow the rules and we will be fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though you are reading this over a week after it was written (unless\nyou somehow see it digitally before), my psychic powers are telling me that\nthis latest national\/world situation is going to have far-reaching effects on\nmany. At the time of this writing, I have been in constant contact with many of\nmy colleagues, about how we plan to \u201cweather the storm\u201d, both as small business\nowners and employers. There are difficult decisions ahead. Personally, I am\nembracing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the ways I am embracing this time is to catch up on some of that back-logged\nreading I\u2019ve been trying to get to. Patients will often ask me what I read in\nmy \u201cspare time\u201d. I usually tell them that my reading list may not be particularly\ninteresting to them. However, it amazes me sometimes how many connections I\nmake with people regarding reading interests. My dental assistant talks about\nreading with patients all the time, and although I never seem to know anything\nthey are talking about, they often make a connection through the discussion of\ntheir reading interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will be a great time to make some deeper connections with people\nthrough mutual interests. Conversations with people via phone, or better yet\nsomething like Skype, Facetime or Messenger, where you see and hear the person,\nare so much richer than typing it with your fingers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am also embracing this \u201ctime-off\u201d to re-charge and re-focus on what is\nmost important in my life. I think I\u2019ll freshen-up that gratitude journal I\u2019ve\nbeen meaning to update as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ok, back to dental news. All general dental offices should be closed for non-emergent\ncare as of now and until at least April 6th<\/sup>, unless that information\nhas changed by the time this is read.  If\nyou have a dental problem, I would urge you to either call your dental office\nor visit their website. Your general dentist should have instructions on how to\ncontact them should you need to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the present time, specialists have been working to treat true dental\nemergencies. True dental emergencies include things like toothaches, infections,\netc. If you have a true\ndental emergency, you should contact your general dentist first. PLEASE DO NOT\nGO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. <\/strong>It is important\nto not strain the healthcare system with things that should be dealt with by a\ndentist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you do not have a general dentist, I am looking into the logistics of offering\nmy services of consultation via secure email or telemedicine. I will be\nupdating my blog on a regular basis with this and other information to\nhopefully help you with any dental issues during this time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. St. Clair maintains\na private dental practice in Rowley and Newburyport dedicated to health-centered\nfamily dentistry. If there are certain topics you would like to see written\nabout or questions you have please email them to him at jpstclair@stclairdmd.com<\/a>.\nYou can view all previously written columns at www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com\/blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On April 30, 2009 I submitted a column to The Town Common entitled, \u201cThe Swine Flu and You\u201d. Here is the first paragraph from that column: Who knows where this pandemic will be today as you read this. At the time of writing I had just heard the first confirmed case in Massachusetts. I don\u2019t know about you, but apparently the Swine Flu wasn\u2019t that big a deal, because I don\u2019t really remember it. THIS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1151,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions\/1151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}