WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEWS sometimes covers stories about dentists who endanger their patients with improper sterilization practices. We know that such stories can be scary and that’s why we wanted to declare that with us, you don’t need to worry.
Every time you come to our dental practice you can be confident that you’re in good hands. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of cleanliness because we value your health and safety. For us, dentistry is about more than beautiful teeth—it’s about life-long well being.
At our practice, you can always expect:
- A clean examination space, free from any possible infections from a previous patient.
- Thoroughly sterilized instruments, packaged and protected just for you.
- Treatment from healthy team members who follow strict personal cleanliness standards and wear appropriate personal protection equipment like gloves and masks.
More about our infection control methods:
Most of the instruments and supplies that we use are disposable. However, for those that are not, we use autoclave sterilization. We regularly monitor all of our sterilization practices via spore testing! In addition, all of our equipment undergoes yearly maintenance and manufacturing testing.
We are in excellent standing with the Maryland Department of Environment and the Maryland Occupational and Safety department.
Our team is trained to go above and beyond
All of our team have regular sterilization and universal precautions training. We go above and beyond the regular OSHA requirements to ensure that all of our patients and staff are protected from all infectious diseases! We treat everyone like we want to be treated!
Please, if you have any questions or concerns, ask us! Ask to see our safety accreditation, ask about the sterilization process that all our tools undergo, ask what we do to ensure that every surface in our office is clean and safe.
We want to be completely transparent about our infection control procedures so that you can feel totally safe and confident in the dental chair. We understand that it takes trust to put yourself in our hands and we take pride in proving ourselves worthy of that trust.
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You can read more about infection control in the dental office from the ADA here.