At COVID-19 Alert Level 4, with community transmission, the government stipulates that only "urgent care or dental emergencies" are treated.
"Urgent care" and "Dental emergencies" includes treatment for:
"Urgent care" and "Dental emergencies" includes treatment for:
- severe tooth or gum infections
- severe toothache
- fractured teeth or pulp exposure
- adjustment or repair of dentures where eating is significantly impacted
- trauma
- facial swelling
- post-extraction bleeding
- severe lock-jaw