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Plan your visit to Pediatric Dentistry at Vinings

Everything you need to know for a seamless and comfortable experience.

Welcome in!

At Pediatric Dentistry at Vinings, we are committed to providing your child with exceptional care in a comfortable and friendly environment. This guide will help you prepare for the visit, understand our processes, and ensure that your experience with us is as smooth and stress-free as possible.

What to expect during your visit:

We encourage you to stay with your child during their first visit.

During future appointments, we suggest you allow your child to accompany our staff through the dental experience. We can usually establish a closer rapport with your child when you are not present. Our purpose is to gain your child’s confidence and overcome apprehension. However, if you choose, you may come with your child to the treatment room. For the safety and privacy of all patients, other children who are not being treated should remain in the reception room with a supervising adult.

First Visit for New Patients

Safety Guidelines and Practices

Please read them carefully as you prepare to set an appointment.

Before your appointment

If your child is sick, please do not bring them to the appointment.

If there have been any changes in your home address, email address, mobile number, employer, and/or INSURANCE carrier, please inform us of this prior to arriving. This will minimize the wait time in our reduced waiting area.

Upon arrival for your appointment

Please plan to be on time for your appointment as we will try to minimize the wait time and maintain distancing guidelines. For these reasons, we may reschedule the appointment for any family who is excessively late to arrive. MASKS ARE OPTIONAL!

What to expect during your visit

Our smiling faces have returned, however, in addition to wearing surgical masks, we will also wear full face protective shields which may appear less comforting for the little ones. Please reassure them that we live by our mission statement which is:

Creating a generation of kids who LOVE going to the dentist!
You will also notice that our teeth cleaning procedure has been altered to minimize producing splatter.

Sanitation Protocols

Here at PD@V, we have always practiced Standard Precautions as recommended by the CDC and OSHA. We have also adopted new CDC recommendations specifically to minimize exposure to the coronavirus. Here is what we are doing to ensure patient health is protected throughout the visit:

We will thoroughly clean each clinical room including wiping down all potential areas of contact, such as doorknobs, chairs, and equipment with medical grade disinfectant wipes between each patient.
Our team is being extremely vigilant about regular hand washing and frequent use of hand sanitizer between each patient encounter, as is standard for our practice.
We have doubled down on our training protocols. Doctors, hygienists, and clinical staff have been trained in the proper use of personal protective equipment to include masks, shields, goggles, gloves, and gowns per the CDC recommendations for direct health care facilities.