Southwest Florida's Health and Wellness Magazine Health and Wellness Articles
Ricardo S. Bocanegra, D.D.S.
At Porto Fino Dental your health and well-being are our highest priority. At all times, we take the highest level of precautions to prevent the spread of infection, including the new coronavirus. You can learn more about these protocols, as well as how you can help keep yourself and those around you healthy, from the American Dental Association’s website. If you are healthy, there is no need to cancel your regularly scheduled dental appointment. We do ask you to arrive on time, rather than early, for your appointments to minimize the amount of time patients spend in the waiting area
Our offices have always been among the safest places to be in terms of cleanliness and sanitization. We are continuing to be diligent with strict screening measures and stringent infection control prevention protocols while providing our patients and staff members ease of mind during dental visits and procedures.
Our sanitization, infection control protocols and social distancing measures include the following:
1. We are asking all patients to fill out any necessary paperwork online prior to their appointment
2. We ask patients to wait in their vehicles (when applicable) until they are ready to be seen to avoid waiting areas
3. We Require anyone entering the offices to wear a facemask and ensuring they are a minimum of 6 ft. apart when not receiving dental treatment
4. We are taking and recording all staff members temperatures prior to each shift, to ensure only healthy personnel are treating patients
5. Taking temperatures of patients
6. Guiding patients to handwashing stations upon entering offices and instructing patients to rinse with a peroxide solution or mouth rinse prior to treatments to kill viruses and bacteria
7. Requiring doctors and medical staff to wear proper personal protective equipment (PPE) at all times
8. Thoroughly and regularly cleaning all surfaces in offices that can be exposed to infection between patients
9. Requiring symptomatic patients to reschedule appointments when asymptomatic
In addition, our office has large and wide-open operatories, with plenty of exam rooms where patients and staff members are comfortable practicing social distancing. We have installed air purification systems in all operatories , invested in extraoral suction machines that capture all aerosols during procedures, installed UV disinfecting lights in our air conditioners and go above and beyond CDC guidelines to guarantee your safety and the safety of our team. These protocols result in our offices being one of the safest spaces for dental treatment.
Our dental team will be happy to answer any questions you may have regarding a safe dental visit.
You may reach us at 239-482-8806 or email us at info@portofinodental.org
Porto Fino Dental offers general and cosmetic dentistry and can give you a smile you’re happy to show off. Modern cosmetic dentistry techniques make it easier than ever for you to have a bright, beautiful smile.
Porto Fino Dental
6805 Porto Fino Cir., Fort Myers, Fl 33912
239-482-8806
www.portofinodental.org
