Infection Control

Skokie, IL Dentist

Your Safety and Comfort is our Top Concern

While we may be experiencing challenging times, we believe that together, we can get through them. Our dental practice has always had the very highest of standards when it comes to your health and that hasn’t changed. Every time you visit our office, our primary goal is to ensure your health and your safety.

We continue to maintain and uphold the requirements set forth by OSHA and the ADA in regards to sanitation and infection control, ensuring a clean and healthy environment for all.

New Arrival and Check in Procedures

• Upon arrival, please call or text the office to let us know you are here
• We will confirm we are ready for you so we don’t have you wait in the waiting room
• Everyone must wear properly fitted masks covering their nose and mouth while in the office
• We ask that you disinfect your hands upon entry and leaving the office
• You will be greeted by your provider
• Complete a simple COVID-19 questionnaire, may be completed prior through our website
• We will take your temperature with a forehead thermometer
• We will escort you to the room and have you seated
• We will provide you with a pre-procedural rinse

Lifetime Dentistry of Skokie’s Enhanced Precautions for COVID-19

• Personalized arrival procedures to guide patients from their car directly to treatment rooms
• Masks required for everyone upon entering the office
• Temperature checks for everyone upon entering the office
• A pre-procedure mouth rinse will be given prior to all treatments
• Protocols to reduce or eliminate airborne aerosols during all dental procedures
• Ambient air management with HEPA 13 air filtration continuously in treatment rooms and common areas to remove germs from circulating air
• Enhanced HVAC disinfecting with HEPA Filtration and UV lighting units within the duct work of the office
• Personal protection equipment including visors, gowns, and masks for our team
• Improved operatory disinfection procedures of all surfaces between patients 
• Monitoring and recording the health and wellness of every team member each day at beginning and end of work period
• Maintain distancing in the reception area for essential caregivers and parents of minors
• No magazines or other shared items in the waiting room
• Payment arrangements must be done in advance to allow contactless exit from the appointment
• Hand sanitizers will be positioned throughout the office
• Installed protective barriers at the reception desk
• Enhanced disinfection procedures of all office fixtures 
• Teledentistry is now available 
• In office bathroom use is limited to employees only; patients may use the buildings bathroom located just outside the office door