CANCUN DENTIST STERILIZATION AND SANITIZATION PROTOCOLS DURING COVID-19 

 

We all know the name and we all know the impact it has had on every aspect of our lives, Now patient safety has always been priority of dental clinics and none more so than our Cancun dental teams.

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People still need to see the dentist Be that a dental emergency for a Root Canal, Broken tooth, Abscesses a traumatic injury to the teeth, a visit to the dentist is needed. There are also people who still want to get their smiles back and have beautiful, functioning teeth. 

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For patients having to complete their dental work in Cancun that may have been started earlier on in the year they will want to know that their health continues to be in the best hands (and safest hands) possible.

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There will be people still wanting to go ahead with a dental vacation to Cancun when restrictions are lessened or lifted for treatments such as  Dental Crowns, Cosmetic dental Veneers, Dental Implants or full Oral rehabilitations and our patients will be able to be sure that the dental clinics are able and ready to still provide attention during and after this uncertain period.

 

Dental professionals have always been on the frontline when it comes to exposure and understand throughly the importance of infection control measures and the importance of strict sanitization and sterilization protocols within the clinical environment to protect and minimize risks to both patients and dental team members.

 

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines remain the gold standard that dental offices use today. In these guidelines, instrument processing plays a central role in preventing the transmission of infection. Because of the ever evolving information and findings the dental team here in Cancun continuously follow recommendations and best practices outlined as well as constant reading of updated guidelines and protocols.

 

What the dental team here in Cancun wants all patients current, new and in the future to know is that they are doing absolutely everything possible to ensure safety to all, remember the teams are potentially at risk to exposure everyday, so attention to hygienic, sanitization and sterlization processes have always been strictly adhered to and followed as standard, even before this heightened health concern.

 

Standard Precautions are the minimum infection prevention practices that apply to all patient care, regardless in any setting where health care is delivered. These practices are designed to both protect DENTIST and prevent DENTAL TEAMS from spreading infections among patients. Standard Precautions include

 

1. Hand hygiene.

2. Use of personal protective equipment (e.g., gloves,

masks, eyewear).

3. Respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette.

4. Sharps safety (engineering and work practice

controls).

5. Safe injection practices

6. Sterile instruments and devices.

7. Clean and disinfected environmental surfaces.

 

So here we want to explain how the sterilization is done and what you can expect as the gold standard when visiting the dentist here in Cancun.

 

On entering the clinic you will be greeted by a staff member who will take your temperature, you will be asked to use the antibacterial gel provided and to take a seat, if it is your first time you will be asked to fill out your details and both new and current patients maybe asked to fill out a further questionnaire in regards to your health, travel details.

 

Clinical staff Personal Protective Equipment 

Doctors and assistants will be in protective suits along with Eye protection / Visors, Masks , gloves at all times (It may look a bit unnerving but they are smiling underneath we promise) 

Reception and support staff will have face masks and distance measures will be kept 

 

The Sterilization protocols of all instruments is as follows 

 

Manual cleaning 

Chemical sterilization 

Ultrasonic wash

Complete Drying 

Correct packaging of instruments

Autoclave sterilization 

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