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MDH Commissioner: Call dentist, don't clog emergency rooms for dental emergencies

Published March 22, 2020 3:03pm CDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Minnesotans with dental emergencies should call their dentists and not go to the emergency room, the Department of Health recommended Sunday.

According to MDH Commissioner Kris Ehresmann, anyone with a dental emergency is being asked to not clog emergency rooms during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Ehresmann recommended they instead call their dentists for emergency treatment.

Minnesota currently has 169 positive cases of COVID-19, including one death.

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