A Gentle Dental Center Welcomes you to our infection control page

Dear Valued Patient,

A Gentle Dental Center’s Doctors and Staff want you and your family to be confident in selecting our office for your dental care. While many things continue to change, one thing has remained the same: our commitment to safety.

Infection control has ALWAYS been a top priority for our dental practice. Our infection control processes are made so that when you receive care, it’s both safe and comfortable. We would like to share with you some of 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) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). 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 agency recommendations.

We want you to know that we ALWAYS:

• Follow strict sterilization and disinfection guidelines for every patient encounter while simultaneously adhering to environmental protection measures.
• Are professionally updated and trained by outside experts to handle infection and pathogen control protocols.
• Wear the best personal protective equipment including high level filtered surgical masks, gloves, eye protection, and scrubs.
• Minimize aerosols via trained professionals using high volume or intraoral suction evacuation techniques.
• Request all patients and staff to cover their mouth and nose when sneezing, wash hands thoroughly and/or apply appropriate medical grade hand sanitizer.
• Installed ambient air disinfection devices.
• Installed medical devices such as the ISODRY suction system to significantly reduce aerosol release.
• Practice universal infection control measures in the waiting room, check-in stations and public restrooms.

We will continue the stringent infection/pathogen control protocols previously in place AND implement any new changes that come our way.

We look forward to seeing you again and are happy to answer any questions you may have about the steps we take to keep every patient and staff member safe while in our office. To make an appointment please call our Rogers Office at Rogers Office Phone Number 763-428-2226, our A Gentle Dental Center at or visit our website at www.agentledentalcenter.com for a contact form.

Thank you for being our patient! We value your trust and look forward to welcoming back our patients, neighbors and friends.

Sincerely,

Jill Pucel Koopman D.D.S. & A Gentle Dental Center Doctors and Staff