Our Commitment to Your Safety

Infection confrol has always been a top priority for our practice and you may have seen this during your visits to our office.  Our infection control processes are made so that when you receive care, its both safe and comfortable.  We want to tell you about the infection control procedures we follow in our practive to keep patients and our staff safe.  

Our office follows infection control reccomendations made by the American Dental Association (ADA), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 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 that our infection control procedures are current and adhere to each agencies reccomendations. 

You may see some changes when it is time for your next appointment.  We made these changes to help protect our patients and staff. 

• Our office will communicate with you beforehand to ask some screening questions.  You will be asked those same questions again when you are in our office. 
• The day of your appointment, or no more than 24 hours before, please print the Covid Symptoms Form and Financial Policy in the Tab portion of our website under forms.  Please bring these completed forms with you to your appointment.
• At this time, our waiting room is unavailable for family members including spouses, to occupy.  We apologize ahead of time but appreciate your understanding.  
• When you arrive at our office please call and we will arrange for a team member to meet you at the door to take your temperature and collect your forms.  We ask you only bring the necessary personal belongings and wear your face covering. 
• Once inside, we have hand sanitizer that we will ask you to use at our entry way station, and we will collect your completed paperwork at this time.  
• We will then take your temperature and pulse oximeter reading.  
• We will then escort you to the operatory, ask you to wash your hands thoroughly, and complete a 1-minute swish with a rinse to reduce the bacterial and viral load.  
• All of our staff will be wearing up-to-code PPE for the protection and safety of everyone in the office throughout your appointment.

Please know our appointments will be managed to allow for social distancing between patients and extended protocols for sterilization.  

Please call our office to reschedule if you have: flu-like or cold symptoms, have traveled by air or cruise in the last thirty(30) days, have been in close contact with someone diagnosed with Covid-19 and /or are medically compromised (high-risk to contract the virus).

We look forward to seeing you again 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.  

Thank you for your loyalty to our dental family.  We value your trust and look forward to welcoming back our patients, neighbors and friends.  We are always welcoming new smiles.  

Your Wright Dental Family