To our valued patients, we hope you and your family are well in the midst of this unusual holiday season. Our community has been through a lot the last few months, and new restrictions are beginning to weigh on many of us. While many things have changed, one thing has remained the same: Our commitment to your Safety.
The additional precautions we put in place here at our office in the spring have been effective and we will continue to go above and beyond to ensure your safety and health. Here are the exacting protocols which include:
One patient, One Dentist, One chair
-Advanced Patient Screening emailed to all patients before their appointment
-Doorbell installed to enter into the office
-No one but our scheduled patient is allowed into our office
-Screening questions are asked upon entering the office
-Temperatures taken for each patient upon entering the office
-Hand sanitizer used by each patient upon entering the office
-Mask and gloves are readily available for each patient to use before entering the office
-Hand sanitizers readily available for each patient to use through-out the office
-HEPA Certified Air filtration systems installed in several locations in the office
-State-of-the-art Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)
-Complete sanitation of the rooms after each patient
-Three-step equipment preparation and high-temperature sterilization is used to clean all our instruments and equipment after each patient
-Distilled water used to wash all equipment after each patient
-Distilled water used for all procedures done for each patient
-Plastic covering for X-ray equipment that is thrown away after each patient
-Plastic covering for all chairs that get sanitized after each patient
Our office follows infection control recommendations made by the American Dental Association (ADA), U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). We follow these strict guidelines to make sure that our infection control procedures are current and adhere to each agencies' recommendations.
Taking care of you is our number one priority. You are Safe at our office. We look forward to seeing you again and are happy to answer any questions you may have about the steps we take and have taken to keep you and all our patients safe and healthy in our practice.
