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Dear Friends,

I hope that you are all healthy and are adjusting to this new reality. I do urge you to keep your vaccinations current. We will be living with this virus indefinitely just as we live with the influenza virus. Please be comfortable knowing that we have done everything possible to create a safe environment for both you and our staff and will continue to update as new technologies and protocols emerge.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to strictly following the CDC and American Dental Association guidelines and “universal precautions,” we added additional layers of safety to protect our patients and our staff and are constantly monitoring CDC and public health guidelines and will keep our protocols current for everyone’s safety.

We have “PAX-2000 Extra-oral Dental Suction Systems” in our treatment rooms and will use them appropriately, this provides additional high-volume removal of droplets and aerosols associated with dental care; they have extensive medical grade filtration systems including activated carbon and medical grade H-14 hepa filters and a UV-C system and plasma disinfection units as well. These systems will help eliminate airborne virus particles and create a much safer environment. We also use a medical grade fogging machine which fogs with hypochlorous acid, this technique is safe and highly effective; it kills airborne bacteria and viruses as well as sanitizing surfaces. Our dental hygiene rooms utilizing an intra- oral aerosol reduction system called “Releaf” to reduce aerosols during cleaning appointments, and our air conditioning system has hepa filters as well. We have glass barriers in our front office and have placed curtain barriers between operatories.

With those safety protocols and enhanced protection for both patients and staff (face shields, N95 masks, gloves, hats, and fluid resistant outerwear) to careful sterilization of all instruments and increased infection control protocol in all operatories, lab space, bathrooms, hallways, and reception areas, we are providing dental care in a safe and comfortable environment.

Also, if you have any medical situations such as chemotherapy or any underlying medical condition that causes you to be immunocompromised, please let us know and we will see you when others are not in the office or find a way for you to have very limited contact with others. We will do our best to accommodate you! Again, thank you for being so patient during this pandemic. We will do all that we can to keep things as close to “normal” as we can!

Sincerely,

John Covert, D.D.S.

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