THE ROAD BACK Holmdel
28 AUGUST 2021 | TheJournalNJ.com
Orthodontics
BY SHANNA O'MARA
New Jersey is on its way, back to the life
we love and back to business. The small
businesses of Monmouth County play
an important role the quality of daily life. In our
communities are some of the most talented,
dedicated and determined experts who have
worked hard to keep their businesses surviving
during the lockdown. Each faced unique
challenges and developed their own pivoting
mechanisms to continue to provide you their
goods and services. Each month, we’ll meet
navigated their way through the pandemic and
how they are coming back.
having worked in Bergen County, New York City and Ocean Township,
small staff provide orthodontic treatment while building relationships
with their patients.
of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine where she said she learned
about disease prevention and control – something that would come in
handy years after she received her degree.
prepared for infection and transmission prevention. We were trained to
control practices. We have learned to protect ourselves, the staff and the
facility itself.”
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uled in person.
Because of the nature of orthodontic treatment, many patients were
on monthly payment plans which allowed Dr. Olcay to continue paying
Although most of her staff returned, some chose to leave their jobs, citing
their own health concerns or fears of infecting immunocompromised
family members. Others were unable to resume work because they had
young children home from school and in need of supervision. The fall was
or ‘My child was there yesterday and came into contact with someone
times just last fall.”
By December, vaccinations became available to healthcare workers,
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ward. Since then, they have been treating patients with the same care as
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ing the use of aerosol are done at the end of the day, so fewer people are
breathing in potentially dangerous air particles.
Dr. Olcay said she and her staff are simply doing what they have
been trained to do: care for their patients. Doctors and dentists across the
to medicine, their compassion for helping others and their bravery for
doing it all during an unprecedented global pandemic.
As always, The Journal stands behind all the small businesses of
Monmouth County, and we encourage you to preserve your neighborhoods
by doing business with your local small businesses. You’ll get great
personal service and follow-up care from neighbors you know.
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