23 August 2021 Kia Ora
Bay of Plenty Hospital and Community Dental services under Alert Level 4 Please see below the available BOP Hospital, Community and private dental services under COVID-19 Alert Level 4. MoH and Dental Council of NZ have advised that only urgent and emergency care can be provided under Alert Level 4. Urgent and emergency dental care is defined as: • oral-facial trauma (trauma causing broken facial bones, broken or avulsed teeth etc) • oro-facial swelling that is serious and worsening • prolonged bleeding or pain which can no longer be controlled with local measures • dental conditions that have resulted in systemic illness or raised body temperature • severe trismus • dental infections with or without systemic effects Please distribute this information to relevant internal and external stakeholders, especially TPH ED and WPH ED Any questions, please contact Rudi ph. 021 473 604 Community Dental Services (kids and teenagers): • Available phone triage 0800 825 583 and emergency care (by arrangement) for LOW COVID risk patients o at Tauranga Intermediate and Whakatāne Intermediate dental clinics o Mon-Fri 9.30am-3.30pm Local dental practices (for adults): • Available phone triage 0800 335 011 LOW-MED COVID risk patients • Available WBOP practices for phone triage and emergency dental care (by arrangement) o Team Dental 2nd Ave ph. 07 571 1230 o Duncan Dental - Elizabeth Street Dental and 11th Ave ph. 07 578 5221 o Tauranga Crossing Dental ph. 07 543 1123 o Smile Art Dental ph. 07 577 0012 • Available EBOP practices for phone triage and emergency dental care (by arrangement) o Eastbay Dental 07 308 5279 o Phoenix House Dental 07 308 7469 Hospital Dental Services (for kids, teenagers and adults): • Available phone triage and emergency dental care (by arrangement) for MED-HIGH COVID risk patients o Tauranga OMS ph. 07 578 8847 o Tauranga Hospital mobile dental unit ph. 021 473 604 • On-going on call service for BOPDHB Dental/Maxillofacial services by Mr Bridgman and Dr Estelle via TPH ED and WPH ED Ngā mihi Trevor Richardson Incident Controller BOPDHB
Rudi Johnson Head of Department – Dental and Maxillofacial services Principal Dental Officer BOPDHB P: 075773303 M: 021473604