 Hello everybody, Andrew Maesky here. So I was actually talking to the CDHO today because I am based in Ontario for independent dental hygienists like me where we have our additional skill set to be able to open up our own practice but that also means that we can work on our own. We do not have to work alongside a dentist. So I did ask the CDHO if I could still go to patients homes and see them on an emergency-only basis, meaning I've had a lot of calls from patients saying I think my child has a cavity, can you just have a look, there is something that I use in my practice called silver diamine fluoride that is a liquid that you can put on teeth to actually seal up a cavity and that will actually stop it from getting any larger. So if the patient's in pain hopefully you can put that liquid on and then the pain doesn't get any worse meaning you have sealed up and stock that cavity. So I thought that might be classified as helping out in an emergency but I did ask the CDHO just in case I have not seen anybody yet and they said no. They said their wording was as a dental hygienist we cannot see any patients on an emergency basis. There are no dental hygiene services that would allow us to do this. So I was shut down, can't do anything. I was hoping because I have a lot of patients that just simply say well I don't want to go to a dentist office right now because of everything that's happening. With the virus I just want to stay home but there isn't a dentist who will come to me. So unfortunately I did try if there's any independent dental hygienists out there who are maybe thinking about this the same thing and to also make some money we can't. So we have to sit tight, wait until this is over. I fully intend on on purchasing a face shield because when we can start to work again I want to make sure that I am fully protected and I did actually purchase a ear thermometer too so in case we have to test every single patient before we see them. I'm just being optimistic that this will not last long and we can get back to work again and more so our patients need us. I do feel that if they can't see their dental hygienists their teeth are going to be not so nice. So try to help your patients as much as possible. Tell them to brush, tell them to floss, tell them to use mouthwash to keep those teeth as healthy as possible. So thank you guys so much for watching. Let me know if you have any questions. Please click like so I know that you are watching and I'll see you guys in the next video.