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At 8th Street Dental your dental health and safety are very important to us. Today, more than ever, people have questions about the risk of infection when they visit a health care practitioner of any kind. We are just as concerned about our hygiene standards & sterilization procedures as you are. It is our goal to exceed the Alberta Dental Association and Canadian Dental Association safety and sterilization guidelines, with hospital grade sterilization equipment and sterilization practices that are followed by our highly trained team.
Our dental health practitioners wear gloves, masks and protective eyewear as a protective barrier for every appointment. Anything that goes into the patient’s mouth is either used only once and disposed of, or it is sterilized in our sterilization lab.
Sterilization Processes We Use
Autoclave (pressurized steam): All dental instruments and headpieces (drills) are sterilized in a high-pressure steam autoclave after each use. This process is the standard of care. Our computerized autoclave warns us in the event of an incomplete sterilization cycle, and we have protocols in place to correct such issues immediately. As an added precaution, we also use an external biological indicator test to ensure that our autoclave is functioning properly and producing sterile instruments.
Surface Decontamination: All surfaces including countertops, dental chairs, stools, light handles and control buttons are disinfected with chemical solutions before and after every patient. These solutions are not only formulated to eliminate infectious bacteria and viruses that could otherwise proliferate on these surfaces, but the chemicals themselves pose no health threat to our patients.
Disposable Items: Many of the items we use today are discarded after a single use. These items include saliva ejectors, high-speed suction tips, drinking cups, rubber cleaning cups, patient bibs, tray covers, sterilization bags, mixing pads, mixing tips, anesthetic carpules, and needle tips, among others. Gloves and masks are also discarded after each use.
If you have any questions or would like to request your appointment with
Dr. Rahul Mathur, please do not hesitate to call us at (403) 980-1847.
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