Illnesses and Diseases

It is so important during this time that we take care of each other and ourselves. If you are experiencing the following symptoms and need to cancel your appointment please do in order to ensure the health of our staff and other patients. While this is an unprecedented time, we are here to ensure you receive the best care possible.                                                                                      

For the protection of all our patients and staff due to the recent outbreak of coronavirus, we are requesting the following:

• If you have an illness or are exhibiting symptoms, we recommend you cancel and reschedule your dental appointment. Some illness and symptoms include:
• A cold or the flu
• fever or nausea
• severe headaches or body aches
• muscle or stomach pain, chest pain or difficulty breathing
• vomiting or diarrhea
• active tuberculosis (TB)
• mumps, measles, chickenpox
• other contagious diseases
• Please notify our staff before your appointment if you or someone you are in close contact with has recently traveled to one of the countries with large outbreaks of COVID-19 (ex. China, Italy, Iran, South Korea) or if you have been exposed to someone else who was diagnosed with COVID-19 or who was quarantined as a precaution.

If you are healthy, there’s no need to cancel your regularly scheduled dental appointment.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us immediately.   The below links provide additional information regarding the coronavirus:

• World Health Organization (WHO): https://www.who.int
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC): https://www.cdc.gov

Our team will continue to monitor the situation and provide updated information when warranted.  Thank you for your patronage.

Sincerely,

Dr.Judy Strutz and Team,

Stay Healthy!

At Dr. Strutz’s cosmetic dental office, your health and the health of our staff are of the utmost importance.  To ensure this, we follow universally accepted precautions in our operatories and office. Additionally, we consistently wipe down the waiting room and common spaces with disinfectant.

In efforts to help our patients with dental emergencies, we have taken careful considerations to limit our schedule during this time. We are taking precautions to make sure that we do our best to take care of all of our patients and the team during these times. In doing so, we have asked our patients for some additional information and understanding. 

·      We are asking that patients please come to their scheduled appointments alone unless they are in need of a caregiver or if they are a minor. Minors should be accompanied by only a parent/guardian.

·      We are asking if you are not feeling well, have a fever, cough, or difficulty breathing, please contact your physician and call our office to reschedule your appointment.

·      We are asking if you have traveled internationally, been on a cruise, have flu-like symptoms, or work in a place with someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past two weeks. We ask that they reschedule or make the appointment for a later date.

·      We are asking if anyone in your household is sick or gets sick prior to or on the day of the patient’s appointment, that you please reschedule altogether.

·      We are asking that you please wash your hands after you have checked in and fill out any necessary forms.

·      We ask that you avoid coming earlier than their check-in time to avoid multiple patients in the waiting room.

·      We are asking all currently scheduled patients the same questions and giving them the option to either keep their scheduled appointment or reschedule to a later date with no penalty for our 48hr notice policy.

·      We are asking that our referring offices please call us ahead if the patient does not have a scheduled appointment so that we can triage the patients appropriately.

We want you to be reassured that we are being more vigilant in all areas of our office when it comes to infection control. Surfaces in the waiting room, front desk areas, and restroom(s), which are normally cleaned and disinfected daily, are now being disinfected throughout the day on an hourly basis. Our team is being very precautious to ensure that our Patients, Doctors and themselves, stay healthy during the current COVID-19 crisis. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Stay Healthy Dental Family!!
Dr. Judy Strutz