PALO ALTO DENTIST COVID-19 DENTAL PROTOCOLS
- Masks are no longer required to enter medical and dental offices.
As always we will have masks available for you if you arrive to your appointment and would like one.
- Seating areas will maintain social distancing in the reception area.
- Removal of magazines and items that can harbor or transfer germs of any kind.
- Providing more educational materials to enhance your awareness of health issues related to this pandemic.
- An antiseptic oral pre-rinse by all patients to reduce exposure to germs.
- Payment arrangements in advance to avoid delay and allow contact-less exit from the appointment.
- Enhanced operatory disinfection procedures of all surfaces between patients.
- Ambient air management with HEPA air filtration continuously throughout the office to remove germs from circulating air.
- Enhanced operatory disinfection procedures before and after all appointments with mist or fogging devices to access hard to reach places that can be easily missed.
- New personal protection equipment like face shields, gowns, and masks for our doctors and team to provide barriers against the smallest of germs.
- New protocols and equipment to reduce or eliminate airborne aerosols during all dental procedures.
- Enhanced nightly disinfection procedures of equipment and office fixtures like computers, keyboards, telephones, tablets, chairs, doorknobs, and buttons that may be touched unconsciously.
- Longer appointment times for you to prepare and our team to complete all appointment tasks and duties most safely and comprehensively.
- Providing teledentistry services for follow up lab reports or communication that can be done online or through video education.