Health and Safety

How We Protect Your Health and Safety

• We follow guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the American Dental Association and the American Dental Hygienists’ Association to ensure our infection control procedures are current and adhere to each agencies’ recommendations.
• We ask patients a series of screening questions the night before their appointment and again when sitting in the chair.
• Entry is limited to patient and patient’s guardian or translator.
• Our cleaners disinfect the School of Dentistry building daily. High-touch areas receive special attention. We disinfect individual cubicles for patient care before and after appointments. All dental instruments are sterilized after every use.
• We do not provide magazines, children's toys or other items in the waiting  room.