04/30/2020
Opening May 11,2020 😷💯❤️
April 30, 2020
We hope this letter finds you and your family in good health. Our community has been through a lot over the last few months, and all of us are looking forward to resuming our normal habits and routines. While many things have changed, one thing has remained the same: our commitment to your safety. We plan on opening on a limited basis on May 11th and will expand the variety of procedures offered as the state mandated stay-at-home guidelines are updated.
Infection control 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, it’s both safe and comfortable. We want to tell you about the infection control procedures we follow in our practice to keep patients and staff safe.
Our office follows infection control recommendations made by the American Dental Association (ADA), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH). 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’ recommendations.
You may see some changes when it is time for your next appointment. We made these changes to help protect our patients and staff. For example:
Our office will communicate with you beforehand 1-2 days before your appointment as recommended by the LDH to ask some screening questions. You’ll be asked those same questions again when you are in the office. We will take your temperature using a touch-free IR thermometer to verify it is