….is the way we communicate with you! We annually complete our OSHA/HIPPA training and we are being encouraged to only communicate with patients through encrypted sources. This completely removes any personal communication that we have prided ourselves in providing to our patients.
We are here for you almost 24/7. Patients can email, call, text me anytime and I do my best to answer quickly during waking hours. This is often from my phone or my laptop and this source of communication is not encrypted (I honestly don’t even understand how all this works). But, to get ‘around’ this, I have been advised to have patients sign a consent that will permit me to continue to be able to answer your dental questions, concerns outside of my normal office hours. Continue reading “The Only Thing That Is Not Sterile”
…is a term I learned recently and this photo describes my double bubble. Outside of my immediate family, it is nearly impossible to socially distance from my staff. And, as many of you may know, my staff is my second family. Twenty years together creates a tremendous bond! 
Some of the hardest hit by our current crisis are charitable organizations that rely on social events for fundraising. An organization that I am grateful for and have participated in events to help raise money, is the SECU Family House of Chapel Hill.
Now that the CDC has recommended we wear cloth masks in public, I have been sewing masks around the clock for patients, friends, and family. Many of you asked for the pattern I was using. Here is 
We hope you all are staying safe and productive during our ‘Shelter in Place’ mandate. I personally find social distancing very challenging…I love people and I love to be close to my friends, staff, and patients. Hopefully, by all doing our part, we will pull through this and we can welcome patients back into our office. 
