COVID-19 Update
Our New Protocols & Protective Gear
As a profession, dentistry has always been at the forefront of personal protective equipment (PPE). We are used to using masks, eye protection, disposable gowns, hospital grade disinfectants, suction systems and aerosol reducing protocols. At our office, we treated our work space and treatment rooms as if there was COVID19 way before COVID19 was a thing. Not that you would, but you could eat off of the floors, counters and chairs. We spend so much time in our office that we clean it better than our own homes. Our families, friends and loved ones are our patients here too so we are proud of our cleanliness. For us, infection control and protection IS personal! These are a few of the steps we have taken to take our infection control to the next level.
New equipment:
Face shields - for doctors, hygienists and assistants
N95 masks
Air purifiers - in treatment rooms - continuously providing surgically clean air filtering particles less than 0.1 microns
UV- C sterilization wands - used in hospitals to disinfect sensitive items without the use of chemicals
Sneeze guards at the front desk counter
Fogger disinfectant - Hospital Grade fogger machine used at the end of every day. Used in hospitals, hotels and airplanes
Existing equipment enhanced:
Bouffant caps/ disposable gowns - (previously used for surgery) now used for all aerosol procedures
Mobile high evacuation dental suction unit with HEPA filter - (previously used for amalgam removal) now used for all aerosol procedures
Level 3 surgical masks - (previously used without N95 masks) now used in addition to N95 mask
Hospital grade disinfectant - (previously used before and after each patient in treatment rooms) now used throughout the office, front desk, restrooms, reception area, door handles, frequently touched surfaces all throughout the day and after every person walking in and out of the office
Pulse oximeters - (previously used for sedation patients) now used prior every procedure to monitor patients’ oxygen saturation and heart rate
Temporal scanners and contactless thermometers - (previously used for sedation patients) now used prior every procedure to monitor patients’ oxygen body temperature
Hydrogen peroxide - (previously used to irrigate gums on patients with gum disease) now used prior every procedure to kill viruses
Surgical scrubs - hospital uniform (previously used by hygienists and assistants- laundered daily in house with enhanced hospital sanitizer) now used by all clinical team members
Hand sanitizer - more pumps available throughout the office
Contactless receptacles - more contactless trash cans available throughout the office
