COVID-19

COVID-19 Precautions and Re-opening Procedures

Dear Valued Patients:

We hope you and your family are in good health. Our community has been through a lot over the past years, and all of us are looking forward to resuming our normal habits and routines. 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, as you may have seen 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 our team 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 our infection control procedures are current and adhere to each agencies’ recommendations. 

For example: 

          Our office has been sprayed with an inert, virucidal and bactericidal coating to prevent viable bacteria and viruses from lingering on any surface.  We also have ultra HEPA air purifiers in each treatment room to filter out aerosols, viruses, bacteria, allergens and particulates.

•           We may ask you some screening questions when you come in to see if you may be at risk for having COVID.  We do this to help ensure the safety of our patients and staff.

          We have hand sanitizer that we will ask you to use when you enter and before you exit the office. You will also find some in other locations throughout 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.

          Appointments will be managed to allow for social distancing between patients. That might mean that you’re offered fewer options for scheduling your appointment.

          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. 

We look forward to seeing you 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. To make an appointment, please call Debbie or Louise at 410-667-0400. 

Thank you for being our patient. We value your trust and loyalty.

Sincerely, 

Kevin Fielding, DDS and Team