COVID -19 Protocols

At Smiles Of Punta Gorda, our dental professionals have always utilized the highest level of precautions and sterilization protocols to CDC and OSHA guidelines and have comprehensively re-examined our systems and procedures concerning Covid-19 guidelines. Here’s what you can expect at our dental office:

  • Screening all staff and patients upon arrival daily with temperature checks and health questions.
  • Social distancing rules in place in the office
  • One-way patient traffic in the office
  • All staff wearing surgical masks when in the office
  • All patients wearing masks in the office
  • Patients using peroxide oral pre-rinse before the appointment
  • Decreased paper handling in the office
  • Scheduling a low volume of patients in the office at one time
  • Barriers in reception and treatment areas
  • Hydroclorous acid spray/fogging of high-touch areas in the office at regular intervals with spot treatments throughout the day as needed
  • Enhanced surface disinfection of touch surfaces the whole day by our staff
  • All instruments used with patients were sterilized with an autoclave (steam sterilization) with each cycle monitored and documented in logged records.