Get $50,000 Of Dental Relief For Our Veterans!

Suburban Essex Dental Is Celebrating 75 Years of Continued Patient Care And We Want To Recognize And Give BackTo Our Veterans.

We have created Smile Ops to give our veterans a reason to smile by providing $50,000 worth of complimentary dental care to qualified veterans in Essex County.

Qualifications:

If you or someone you know has served or is serving in the military, and they live in Essex County, they may qualify for the Dental Relief Program. The program will begin on May 28th 2018, Memorial Day and continue until all of the $50,000 has been utilized.

How To Register:

Please fill out the form on this page and submit the information to Smile Ops. Someone from our office will respond to set up a time for a brief phone consultation to determine if you or the veteran you recommend are eligible to qualify for this program.

Our Notice of Privacy Practices provides information about how we may use or disclose protected health information. The notice contains a patient’s rights section describing your rights under the law. You ascertain that by your signature that you have reviewed our notice before signing this consent. The terms of the notice may change, if so, you will be notified at your next visit to update your signature/date. You have the right to restrict how your protected health information is used and disclosed for treatment, payment or healthcare operations. We are not required to agree with this restriction, but if we do, we shall honor this agreement. The HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) law allows for the use of the information for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations. By signing this form, you consent to our use and disclosure of your protected healthcare information and potentially anonymous usage in a publication. You have the right to revoke this consent in writing, signed by you. However, such a revocation will not be retroactive. By signing this form, I understand that: Protected health information may be disclosed or used for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations. The practice reserves the right to change the privacy policy as allowed by law. The practice has the right to restrict the use of the information but the practice does not have to agree to those restrictions. The patient has the right to revoke this consent in writing at any time and all full disclosures will then cease. The practice may condition receipt of treatment upon execution of this consent.

Dear Valued Patient:

As I’m sure all of you are keenly aware, we are in the midst of an unprecedented healthcare crisis. Both the State of New Jersey and the Federal government have declared a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 virus. Although there is a lot of confusion and fear out there, here is what we know:

There is a state and national community effort to mitigate the spread of the virus. Current recommendations include social distancing, defined as staying approximately 6 feet away from most people, staying away from large gatherings, frequent hand washing of at least 20 seconds per wash, limiting touching your face and nose, actively encouraging sick employees to stay at home and working from home if possible.

Unfortunately, many of these guidelines are not possible or have limited effectiveness in a clinical dental setting. With regards to patient care, we are unable to comply with social distancing recommendations nor can we telecommute. While our staff is meticulous with hand washing, we are particularly vulnerable because the virus is generally spread through respiratory droplets of which our masks are ineffective. Effective masks (N-95 respiratory masks) are largely unavailable in addition to being very difficult to wear for extended periods of time.

As a result, our staff is particularly vulnerable to catching the virus and if so would be likely to spread the virus to our local community and possibly beyond. Since the central part of all the recent closings (sporting events, concerts, etc) is to mitigate the spread to our community, continuing to provide non emergent dental care would run counter to all the other measures currently being taken.

Therefore, we are taking the temporary step of suspending routine dental care for the next 2 weeks, until March 30th. We will reevaluate the situation at that time and advise all our patients of our plans. For those of you with current appointments in the next 2 weeks, we will contact you by phone and will reschedule those appointments when we better understand our future schedule.

We will however, continue to provide any emergency dental needs and are available by phone should an emergency arise. If you call our office at 973-669-0500, select option #2, your phone call will come directly to me. That option is available 7 days per week. Should that need arise, we may elect to screen you for any evidence of contracting the virus (fever, recent travel, etc.).

We do not take these decisions lightly. We are making this decision with the health of our employees and the community involved. When more information becomes available we will communicate with all of you via email. Additionally, we are available by phone at our normal number, 973-669-0500 and by email at info@suburbanessexdental.com.

Stay well and safe.

Sincerely,

Paul R Feldman, DMD, FAGD, FICOI, PA