{"id":43972,"date":"2020-07-03T13:20:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T17:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=43972"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:56:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:56:54","slug":"sickbert-bennett-talks-to-washington-post-about-going-to-the-dentist-during-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/sickbert-bennett-talks-to-washington-post-about-going-to-the-dentist-during-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Sickbert-Bennett Talks To Washington Post About Visiting the Dentist During the Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7101\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 224px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/emily-bennett-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"discreet\">Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As dentist offices reopen,<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/emily-sickbert-bennett\/\">Emily Sickbert-Bennett<\/a><\/strong>, PhD, MS, associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases and director of UNC Medical Center Infection Prevention, suggests staggered appointments and reconfigured spaces in order to ensure patient safety.\u00a0 She also says if you&#8217;re not feeling well, you should cancel your appointment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t want to put yourself in a situation where you&#8217;re around other people when you&#8217;re not feeling well,&#8221; Sickbert-Bennett said in\u00a0a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2020\/06\/28\/dentist-appointment-faq-coronavirus\/\">Washington Post article<\/a><\/strong>. &#8220;That, I think, cannot be stated enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the <strong><a 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