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W_HAMILTON

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Sun Dec 19, 2021, 08:04 PM Dec 2021

I had some end-of-year dental work planned -- should I postpone it? [View all]

I (finally) just got my booster last week.

I have several dental appointments scheduled between now and the end-of-the-year to take advantage of my unused benefits on some work that needs to be done (additional cleanings + a broken tooth extraction); however, this Omicron flareup has really worried me. It seems like it is everywhere and just about everyone is getting it.

I unfortunately did get COVID in the Summer of 2020 -- I didn't end up in the hospital, but I did get pretty sick and my oxygen levels did drop to (what I now know were) levels that would have probably had me admitted had I gone to the ER at the time (high 80s to low 90s) -- so, between that and my two-dose regimen of the Pfizer vaccine + my Pfizer booster last week, I figure I'm about as well protected from COVID as one can get. Having said that, I do have comorbidities and I'm not in the best of health as it is.

Do you guys think I should just postpone all the dental work and try to lay low until this current Omicron wave dies down? What are you guys doing in similar situations (or even with holiday get-togethers, etc.)?

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