Dr. David Struble

Attention: Due to a tremendous backlog of postponed dental appointments resulting from the effects of the COVID-19 virus shutdown, any appointments that are not confirmed by phone or text at least 24 hours prior to their scheduled time will be canceled and filled by another patient. PLEASE reply to our attempts to confirm your appointment. We WANT to see you and we value your time!

To our valued patients: We hope this letter finds you and your family in good health. Our community has been through a lot over the last few months, and all of us are looking forward to resuming our normal habits and routines. While many things have changed, one thing has remained the same: our commitment to your safety. Infection control has always been a top priority for our practice and you may have seen this during your visits to our office. Our infection control processe...s are made so that when you receive care, it's both safe and comfortable. We want to tell you about the infection control procedures we follow in our practice to keep patients and staff safe. Our office follows infection control recommendations made by the American Dental Association (ADA), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Healthy Administration (OSHA). We follow the activities of these agencies so that we are up-to-date on any new rulings or guidance that may be issued. We do this to make sure that our infection control procedures are current and adhere to each agencies' recommendations. You may see some changes when it is time for your next appointment. We made these changes to help protect our patients are staff. For example: -Our office will communicate with you beforehand to ask some screening questions. You'll be asked those same questions again when you are in the office. -We have hand sanitizer that we will ask you to use when you enter the office. You will also find some in the reception area and other places in the office for you to use as needed. -You may see that our waiting room will no longer offer magazines, children's toys and so forth, since those items are difficult to clean and disinfect. -Appointments will be managed to allow for social distancing between patients. That might mean that you're offered fewer options for scheduling your appointment. -We will do our best to allow greater time between patients to reduce waiting times for you, as well as to reduce the number of patients in the reception area at any one time. We look forward to seeing you again and are happy to answer any questions you may have about the steps we take to keep you, and every patient, safe in our practice. To make an appointment, please call our office at 417-581-2421 or visit our website at www.ozarkdentist.com Thank you for being our patient. We value your trust and loyalty and look forward to welcoming back our patients, neighbors and friends. Sincerely, Dr. David Struble and team

Dear valued patient: In an effort to support national efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, our practice is taking the following steps to help assure your health and well-being and that of our community: -We are following directives from the CDC as a way to limit patient and staff exposure to this virus.... -Your health, and health of our dedicated staff, matters to us, so going forward we will continue to suspend all non-emergency care through at least April 3rd. We will evaluate current conditions to decide if we should remain closed longer. -Patients will be seen only for urgent and emergency dental needs. We will contact you soon to reschedule routine hygiene appointments. If you are already scheduled for an urgent issue, we will contact you the day before your appointment to discuss you health status, health screening protocols and confirm whether the appointment should be kept. Of course, please call us right away if you have a dental emergency or need immediate care. The safety and well-being of our patients continues to be our primary concern. We will continue to monitor the status of COVID-19 nationally and within our community and keep you up to date regarding our plans to reopen for business as usual. I urge you to contact us if you have any questions or concerns. We can be reached by phone at 417-581-2421 or by email [email protected] and will respond as soon as we can. Thank you, David Struble, DDS

Happy Veterans Day! "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." -John F. Kennedy Thank you for your SERVICE. PROTECTION, and SUPPORT.

Let oral cancer be the least of your worries! Make sure you are coming in for routine checkups and taking care of yourself!

Even your pet needs dental care. Don't forget to take your pet to the vet for a dental exam. Begin a dental care regimen and schedule regular check ups!

It's important to care for you child's teeth and (oral) health from birth. Be sure to clean your infants gums after feedings and don't put your baby to bed with a bottle. Remember dental decay is an infectious transmissible disease. Avoid testing the temperature of the bottle with your mouth, sharing utensils, or cleaning a pacifier by putting it your mouth. ***We love babies! How old are your little ones? How and when did you start caring for their little teeth?***

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October is Dental Hygiene Month.We love our hygienists Melanie, Cindy, and Stacey!! Let us know how much you appreciate them as well in the comments below!

**Important dates** --> September 22...HELLO FALL --> October 31st...Halloween!! --> November 4th... Daylight savings ends (yay!! an extra hour of sleep!)... --> November 6th... Election day --> November 22nd...TURKEY DAY! Happy Thanksgiving!! Goodbye SUMMER and hello FALL! :) So much fun stuff happening in the coming weeks! -->Tell us what makes you SMILE when you think of FALL?<-- Is it the crisp air? Changing colors? Carving pumpkins? Hot apple cider? We wanna know! :)

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