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Technology and Sterilization

 
 
 
 
"Unless you are faithful in small matters, you won't be faithful in large ones."
 
 
 
 
We are pleased to be among the offices who practice state of the art technology with Periodontal Dentistry. We provide the latest advancements in dental and computer technology which allow our patients to have safer, more comfortable and relaxed dental experience. By using instant digital radiography, the amount of radiation used to take each x-ray is reduced by 50%. We also use chair-side computing for up to the second accuracy as well a being a fast and efficient method for checking in and out. We use the state of the art materials in Regenerative therapy as well as restoring teeth with dental implants .
 

Regenerative materials and dental implants

"We practice the highest level of sterilization and cleanliness procedures found in modern Periodontal offices today." 

This is a routine part of our work. To inform you and make you feel comfortable about 
our procedures in this area some of these procedures are listed below:
      • We use a steam autoclave for sterilization of our instruments. Items which cannot withstand the heat are cold sterilized. 
      • All our sterilizer machines are monitored for sterilization effectiveness with weekly spore tests.
      • As a second check of sterilization effectiveness, all instruments are bagged with an indicator strip which tests for effective sterilization of each bag. 
      • Cleaned instruments are kept in closed cabinets after sterilization. 
      • We use sterile waters in our waterlines.
      • We make extensive use of plastic barriers at the dental chairs to aid in effective cleaning of the chairs. 
      • Our staff is regularly trained and retrained in infection control - in fact we do this yearly in the Spring. Regulations require this every two years. New employees that work in the back office are trained in sterilization immediately, if they have not come from a dental training program where this was taught.