May 13, 2021, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommended that “. . .fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting . . .”  However, the CDC also states that the “. . .[recommendations] are NOT intended for healthcare settings.”

– We are a healthcare setting and therefore the new mask recommendation does not apply to dental offices. Our recommendations come from the CDC’s guidelines for the [Healthcare Infection Prevention Control Recommendations in response to Covid-19 Vaccinations](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-control-after-vaccination.html).

– Also, a majority of our patients are under the age of 12 and are unable to receive the vaccine.

Therefore, in order to keep our most vulnerable patients safe we are maintaining the following guidelines:

– Anyone over the age of 2 must wear a mask while in our office until the CDC has indicated otherwise.

– You will be asked a series of questions about your child’s health when you make your appointment.

– You will fill out a COVID-19 screening form when you arrive to your appointment.

– You and your child’s temperature will be taken at the time of the visit. If you or your child’s temperature is higher than 100.0 you will be asked to reschedule the appointment for no sooner than 2 weeks and/or you will be asked to be tested for COVID-19 to follow CDC guidelines for exposure. However, if you or your child is fully vaccinated you must according to the CDC you must still “ . . . isolate yourselves, be clinically evaluated for COVID-19, and tested for SARS-CoV-2 if indicated”.

– All magazines and toys have been removed from the waiting room to avoid other modes of contaminated contact.

– Hand sanitizers will be available for use throughout the office.

We apologize ahead of time for any inconvenience but it is necessary for everyone’s safety.

We appreciate your understanding and we thank you for all your help while we get through these hard and unprecedented times.

– Drs. Kollmann & Furusho and the team at Dentistry for kids.