Health Safety Protocols

To Our Valued Patients at Surprise Smiles,

Welcome! We are open, looking forward to seeing returning patients, accepting new patients, and operating under normal business hours! The Arizona Department of Health Services (AZDS) is still not recommending any type of closures or modification in hours. We will continue to monitor information coming from both the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and AZDHS and keep you apprised of any changes or updates. We will stay on top of this information and bring it to you as soon as possible through our website, email, and social media.

As we continue to navigate through the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, our dentists and dental team want to assure you that we are continuing to do our best to make sure it a priority that we are following the latest health and safety guidelines from the CDC, specifically as they relate to the dental industry. We value keeping our patients and staff members safe and comfortable.

As part of our daily standard health and safety protocols, our office follows ‘Universal Precautions’ in order to protect our patients and our staff. These are precautions we have always taken, and are not new. By taking ‘universal precautions’ means we always assume that anyone could potentially be carrying a contagious and dangerous disease. We therefore follow strict guidelines to prevent the transmission of any potential disease, be it COVID-19 (Coronavirus), hepatitis, tuberculosis, HIV, or any other disease. This has been a standard of care we follow, per the CDC, in regard to blood borne pathogens.

These measures include:
• strict hand washing protocols

• use of (single use) disposable protective equipment and barriers

• thorough disinfection of exposed or potentially exposed surfaces after every patient visit

• disinfection and high-heat steam sterilization of instruments and routine monitoring of sterilization verification

• continued education on infection control

Specific to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) we have added in additional precautionary and cleaning measures including:
• disinfecting common surface areas every 30 minutes

• providing hand sanitizer in common areas

• screening everyone who enters our offices based on CDC recommendations

• offering preprocedural mouth rinse

As state and national health and safety regulations change and evolve during these times, Surprise Smiles is dedicated to monitoring and evaluating our dental practice and office space for any potential risks as we serve our patients and community. We strive to maintain an approach to our dentistry services that is both safe and beneficial to everyone we serve.

We strive to provide a safe, healthy, comfortable, and relaxed environment for everyone that comes into our dental office. We follow the American Dental Association’s Update to Office Procedures During COVID-19 in regard to safe office procedures, workplace hazards, and making decisions for best office practices. We stay informed on recent information given to dentists in this regard, as well as keeping up to date with any changes recommended by the CDC.

Please let us know if you have any questions in regard to our health and safety protocols here at Surprise Smiles. We recognize that it can be challenging during these unprecedented times of COVID-19. We all want to get back to our normal lives, and we will be able to do so, in a safe, wise, and healthy manner. We will be happy to answer any questions that you may have in regard to our dental practice health and safety protocols, cleaning, and disinfecting procedures we follow.

Thank you for continuing to be a valued patient here at Bradshaw Family Dental. We look forward to continuing to serve you and your dental needs through the various services we provide for you, from preventive dentistry, restorative dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, pediatric dentistry, sedation dentistry, dental implants and more!

Morning Jaw Pain Does Not Need to Be Part of Your Routine

Posted on 3/10/2019 by Dr. Andrew Zeiger

It is normal for people to accept some aches and pains in their body. It is also normal for people to feel these pains every day and not do anything about them. They can attribute the aches and pains they feel to many different things.

They may or may not try to make changes in the way they do things to avoid that pain. If the pain they feel is in their jaw, they may not realize that there are solutions available to them. The key is figuring out what is behind the pain and what the options they have to fix it.

Jaw Pain and Teeth Grinding

One of the most common reasons people wake up with a sore jaw is because of something that happens while they sleep. There are many people who grind their teeth or that clench their teeth together as they sleep. They are not aware that it is happening, but they wake up in the morning with different symptoms. One of those symptoms is a sore jaw.

If teeth grinding or clenching while sleeping is left untreated, it can lead to a variety of problems. From broken teeth to chronic headaches to erosion of the teeth, it is a good idea to do something about the problem. One other issue that people who grind their teeth suffer from is temporomandibular joint disorders. These disorders can result in a sore jaw in the morning.

The Solution to Teeth Grinding

If you can result the issue of teeth grinding, you can also resolve the issue of a sore jaw in the morning. A nighttime mouth guard can help protect the teeth and jaw from the problems that teeth grinding while sleeping creates.

The mouth guards are custom fit and can help adjust the jaw, so it is in the proper position while sleeping. It can help keep the teeth from grinding together and causing damage or leaving you with a sore jaw in the morning. The mouth guards do have one drawback. They do not work if they are not used every night.

For more information about how to get a nighttime mouth guard or any other oral health issue, contact our office to schedule an appointment.

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