 Hello everybody, Andrew Maeski here with Dental L. Let's talk about the different type of masks that we have. So to be a dental hygienist here in Ontario, I have owned my own business now for almost two years. I am a mobile dental hygienist. So I see patients in their own home, but they can also come to me in my home office also. But to talk about masks. So we have, well, I have the KN95 mask and The level three. So before COVID we were always okay to wear a level three mask because this will protect us, you know, basically, but now they're saying you can wear a level three mask with a face shield. With a face shield. If you are doing non aerosol producing procedures. So basically, if you're hand scaling, if you're not using any air, water polishing, none of that. In my humble opinion, that's not a very good cleaning. If you're only doing hand scaling. I love to use the piezo. So the The cavatron, the water scaler, however, you may have heard it before. So that automatically produces more aerosols. So that's when the KN95 masks come in handy. You might be asking me about the N95 masks. Well, We can't seem to buy them anywhere here and they have now said that KN95 is a close second that we are allowed to wear them for aerosol producing procedures. Okay. But you do have to be mask fit tested. So find somebody in your area who is qualified to do the mask fit testing To make sure that it does fit you properly. When you purchase the masks. Make sure to always get the same number. I say that because if you buy the masks and you get mask fit tested for let's say this number and then you go to buy more masks. From a different company that might be another number. Will you have to get mask fit tested again. I paid $30 not a lot of money, but I'm hearing from other people. It could be anywhere up to $80 depending on where you live. But you have to get mask fit tested to wear these KN95 masks or the N95 masks if you're going to do aerosol producing procedures. Now I'm talking specifically though for Ontario. So it might be very, very different depending on where you live. So please check with your own association where you live. Okay, because even here the dental association, the dental hygiene association, the dental assisting association. We're all very different right now. So we can get very, very confusing. By you guys. That's what I am doing. I am wearing my KN95 mask for everything. If I go outside. I put on a level three mask. So if I'm In the grocery store or something that I will take these. I'm not going to bring one of these. These are $25 each. I use these for my patients only with a face shield. This allows me to use the piezo. It allows me to spray water to polish to give my patients a proper cleaning in my opinion. And I say this lightly because a lot of people are saying, you know, they don't feel safe doing more than Hand scaling that's completely fine. You guys totally up to you. I feel completely safe because I am covered from head to toe. I have a cap. Now I wear disposable gowns for every patient like everything's covered for my own office at home. I do have the air purifier. I don't bring the air purifier to my patients houses just because it's not needed because I'm going to their house. Whatever's in the air, they're going to be exposed to that anyway. I'm exposed to it too. But even if I were to bring the air purifier, it's not going to work in the time that I'm there. You know, it needs longer and it's more to clean out what's in their house and to protect your patients or your clients. I need to say clients because now they want us to say clients and not patients. So you'll kind of hear me go back and forth on that. Sorry about that. But if you guys have any questions about the masks. Let me know. It took me forever to find these. I'm not happy with the price at all. Sorry, what I did forget to mention was when I took my mask bit testing, you can reuse them up to five times from what I was told That might change, but you can reuse it up to five times or let's say you wear a mask all day and you want to take it off come lunchtime. What you do is place them in a Grocery bag and seal it up not a Tupperware container, not a Ziploc bag because that's breeding ground for bacteria. You need it to be able to breathe. That's where a closed bag comes in. Okay, so I hope that helps you guys. Please let me know of any questions and I look forward to talking to you guys very, very soon. Thank you so much for listening.