By THE CANADIAN PRESS
EDMONTON – An Edmonton dentist hasn’t been practising since February after he tested positive for hepatitis B.
Health authorities are now contacting the patients of Dr. Byron Wong, who has practised in Alberta since 2001. Dr. Gerry Predy with Capital Health says the chance the disease was transmitted to any of Wong’s 1,400 patients is very low – somewhere between one in 10,000 and one in 100,000.
He says Wong has been co-operative and made the decision to release his own name, which isn’t usually done in cases of infectious disease.
Dr. Jonathan Skuba with the Alberta Dental Association says the situation has never happened before in the province.
Predy says patients should wait to be notified – no later than by mid-September – but can contact Capital Health if they have questions about hepatitis B.
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