Is it dangerous to seek dental care during a pandemic?

We assure you that our offices adhere to the recommendations provided by CDC, ADA, CDA, and Federal and State and local regulatory bodies to provide you with safe and compassionate care. We will keep you updated should your access to dental care be interrupted due to an inability to safely render our services.

What precautions is our office taking to prevent the spread of infection?

Even before COVID-19, infection control in any dental office was germane to the safety of our patients and the staff. However, to address the COVID-19 pandemic, we have amplified these essential infection control protocols:

• Sanitizing – personnel cleans all public spaces, including treatment rooms, restrooms, and waiting-rooms.
• Use of medical-grade disinfectant sprays – We strictly use Birex SE® as disinfectant in operating rooms and high touch areas such as chairs, counters, and equipment. Birex SE® is a broad spectrum hospital grade antimicrobial disinfectant.
• Protective Barrier – placed on headrests, armrests, curing lights, overhead lights, computer keyboards, etc.
• Sterile Instruments – as previously, dental instruments are sterilized after every patient. CDC protocols are strictly adhered to in assuring proper dated sterilization of dental instruments.
• Calibration of The Autoclave Sterilization Chamber– biological monitoring (spore testing) performed daily.

What extra precautions we take to ensure your safety during this time?

• We have designed a three phased re-opening. The phased re-opening is designed to address emergency care (pain and infection) at Phase I, ongoing treatments initiated prior to the pandemic and treatment of advanced cases of tooth decay at phase II, and elective treatment at phase III.
• We have interviewed all the staff to be certain that no staff member has traveled to a CDC Level 2 or 3 regions.
• We have communicated to our staff the need to stay home if they show symptoms such as coughing, sneezing, and labored breathing.
• We’ve implemented screening protocols. The screening process will be done at  three points – when the patient books an appointment, when an appointment is confirmed, and once the patient is physically in the office.
• We have increased the appointment intervals, and decreased the number of daily appointments to accommodate COVID-19 specific protocols. Our goal is to have zero overlap in appointments during phase I and phase II of reopening.