Important Information Regarding COVID-19!

Like always, during this Covid 19 pandemics, safety of our patients and staff remains our top priority. 

We have implemented following safety and sanitation measures in accordance with infection control recommendations made by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the American Dental Association  (ADA), and the Michigan Dental Association (MDA) guidelines to protect you and our team:

Preemptive screenings 

• All staff members will be pre-screened and have temperatures taken upon arrival. We are encouraging staff to stay home if they experience any of the known Covid symptoms.  
• All patients will be verbally communicated and asked to fill health screening questions before appointment. All patients will be asked the same screening questions and have temperature taken upon arrival.
• All patients will be asked the following pre-screening questions, and, in any doubt, patients will be rescheduled to at least 14 days from their original appointment date. 

1. Do you have fever, or have you felt hot or feverish recently? (in the last 30 days)?
2. Are you having shortness of breath or other difficulties breathing? (now or in the last 30 days)
3. Do you have cough? (now or had in last 30 days)
4. Any other flu-like symptoms, such as gastrointestinal upset, headache nausea, vomiting or fatigue? (now or in last 30 days)
5. Have you experienced recent loss of smell / taste? (in the last 30 days)
6. Are you in contact with any confirmed COVID-19 positive patients? (in the last 30 days)
7. Are you over age of 60? 
8. Do you have heart disease, lung disease, kidney disease, diabetes, or any auto-immune disorders?
9. Are you taking any steroids?
10. Are you pregnant? 
11. Have you traveled in the past 30 days by air or to any regions affected by COVID-19? (as relevant to your
    location)
12. Do you work in health care (hospital, nursing home etc.)? 
13. Do you live with someone who works in healthcare?
14. Have you been tested for COVID-19 in the last 30 days? (if YES please provide a copy of the test result) 
15. Have you had a COVID-19 Antibody Test in the last 30 days? (if YES please provide a copy of the test result)

Continued social distancing practices 

• Please check in for your appointment by texting or calling from your car and wait outside the office. We will text or call to let you know the team is ready for you. Companions of patients will be asked to wait outside of the office during a patient's appointment. One parent or guardian will be allowed to accompany a minor patient or a senior patient needing assistance.
• 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, possibly no more than one patient.
• Appointments will be managed to allow for social distancing between patients. That might mean that you’re offered fewer options for scheduling your appointment.

Adherence to sterile healthcare protocols -

• Hand hygiene: We have hand sanitizer that we will ask you to use when you enter the office. You will also find some in the reception area and other places in the office for you to use as needed.
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):  We will be equipped with gloves, masks (N95, KN95 and Level 2 and Level 3), face shields, disposable gowns or coveralls, and safety glasses. We recommend you wear a mask when you come to the office and leave the operatory.  
• Respiratory hygiene, sharps safety, safe injection practices (when applicable), sterile instruments and devices will be followed as normal.
• Cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces and common areas will be done frequently. We will no longer offer magazines, children’s toys and so forth in waiting room, since those items are difficult to clean and disinfect. 

   Please call us at (586) 566-3880 or (586) 292-7031 if any concerns.  We are here for you.