Only Emergency Dental Services Offered

Healthy Connections recognizes the unprecedented and extraordinary circumstances dentists and all health care professionals face related to growing concern about COVID-19.

Healthy Connections wants to do its part to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and the American Dental Association (ADA) has recommended dentists nationwide postpone elective procedures for the foreseeable future

Starting next week, Healthy Connections’ dental offices in both Mena and Hot Springs will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

We will be concentrating on emergency dental care which will allow us to care for our emergency patients and alleviate the burden that dental emergencies would place on hospital emergency departments.

We plan to resume normal dental services once we are given the all-clear.

If you need to make an appointment, please call (888) 710-8220 and press the selection for Dental. You can also call this number if you have questions about future appointments or what services will be temporarily available.

March 19 COVID-19 Update: Hand Washing 101

Here at Healthy Connections, we want to assure our family of patients that we are taking the current coronavirus threat seriously. Everybody has questions, many of us feel anxious about our health or that of loved ones, and all of us are living with uncertainty.

For the foreseeable future, we will be sharing brief posts here every few days with information to help keep you and your family safe.

Our website (www.healthy-connections.org/covid-19) will link to helpful resources and has information on symptoms to look out for and practices to reduce your risk of infection. These will be updated as the situation develops.

Top tips for safety today? Hand washing 101!

  • Wash like a pro
    • 20-30 seconds of lathering with plenty of soap and hot water, being sure to include finger web-spaces, the backs of your hands, under your nails, the pads of your fingers, the first part of your wrists
    • Keep your nails trimmed to make cleaning easier
    • Make it fun for kids – use foaming soap; sing a song; have a “most suds” or “fastest scrubbing” competition
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  • Wash regularly
    • After touching your face; blowing your nose; using your cellphone, computer or tablet; using the restroom; eating meals; arriving home/at work; driving your car; physical contact with another person
    • Before eating or preparing food; leaving work/home

COVID-19 Screenings For All Clinic Patients, Visitors

In an effort to keep our patients and staff healthy, we are screening all patients before you enter a Healthy Connections clinic. A staff member will meet you at the door to take your temperature and ask you some screening questions related to COVID-ID infection. If a COVID-19 risk is identified, you will be directed to a designated area for further evaluation. Otherwise, you will proceed to check in with your visit as usual. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. We will continue to post updates at www.healthy-connections.org/covid-19. #Coronavirus #Covid19