COVID-19
While many things have changed, one thing has remained the same: our commitment to your safety. Infection control has always been a top
priority for our practice and you may have seen this during your visits to our office. Our infection control processes are made so that when you receive care, it’s both safe and comfortable. We want to tell you about the infection control procedures we follow in our practice to keep patients and staff safe.
Our office follows infection control recommendations made by the American Dental Association (ADA), the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
We follow the activities of these agencies so that we are up-to-date on any new rulings or guidance that may be
issued. We do this to make sure that our infection control procedures are current and adhere to each agencies’
recommendations.
You may see some changes when it is time for your next appointment. We made these changes to help protect
our patients and staff.
For Example:
- Our office will communicate with you beforehand to ask some screening questions. You’ll be asked those same
questions again when you are in the office. - According to new safety recommendations, we will be wearing additional personal protective equipment.
- We have hand sanitizer that we will ask you to use when you enter the office. You will also find some in the
reception area and other places in the office for you to use as needed. - You may see that our waiting room will no longer offer magazines, children’s toys and so forth, since those
items are difficult to clean and disinfect. - We will do our best to allow greater time between patients to reduce waiting times for you, as well as to reduce
the number of patients in the reception area at any one time.
For the protection of all our patients and staff due the recent outbreak of coronavirus, we are requesting the following:
- If you have an illness or are exhibiting symptoms, we recommend you cancel and reschedule your dental appointment. Some illness and symptoms include:
- a cold or the flu
- fever or nausea
- severe headaches or body aches
- muscle or stomach pain, chest pain or difficulty breathing
- vomiting or diarrhea
- active tuberculosis (TB)
- mumps, measles, chickenpox
- other contagious disease
- loss of taste or smell
- Please notify our staff before your appointment if you or someone you are in close contact with have recently traveled to one of the countries with large outbreaks of COVID-19 (ex. China, Italy, Iran, South Korea) or if you have been exposed to someone else who was diagnosed with COVID-19 or who was quarantined as a precaution.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us immediately. The below links provide additional information regarding the coronavirus:
We look forward to seeing you again and are happy to answer any questions you may have about the steps we
take to keep you, and every patient, safe in our practice. Thank you for being our patient. We value your trust and loyalty and look forward to welcoming back our patients, neighbors and friends.