TO OUR PATIENTS:

We hope this letter finds you and your family in good health.  Our community has been through a lot over

the past 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.

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) 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 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:

             1.  Our office will communicate with you beforehand to ask some screening questions.

                  You'll be  those same questions again when you are in the office.  You may have

                  your temperature taken with a non-contact thermometer.  You may be advised to

                  seek FDA approved testing.

             2.  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.

             3.  You may see that our waiting room will no longer offer magazines, children's toys

                  and so forth, since those items are difficult to clean and disinfect.

             4.  Appointments will be managed to allow for social distancing between patients.  That

                  might mean that you're offered fewer options for scheduling your appointment.

             5.  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.

We look forward to seeing you again and are happy to answer any questions you may have about the 

steps we take to keep you, and every patient, safe in our practice.

Thank you for being our patient.  We value your trust and loyalty, welcoming back our patients,

neighbors and friends.

Sincerely,

George Seligman, DDS, Betsy VanTubergen DDS, PhD and staff.