How To Choose A Dentist Facility

I am often asked by the patients if you had to be treated in an office what kind of office would you go to?

There are 3 categories that you need to look at.

The facility, the staff and doctor and finally the equipment.

In this first part of the blog we will cover the facility with the other parts to follow in future segments.

Dentist Facility Overall Appearance

The office should be clean, modern and comfortable.

Orange County Cosmetic Dentist Office For your safety and peace of mind, barriers to cover chair handles and buttons should be visible in all the treatment rooms.

With the exception of the dental instruments which are sterilized, everything else should be disposable.

The dental instruments should be packaged and opened in front of you right before use.

Although the ADA requires the sterilizers to be tested monthly, at our Orange County dentist office, sterilizers are tested weekly.

Furthermore as an additional safety measure, the bags that the instruments are sterilized in, have a special indicator strip that shows whether the contents inside the bag have been sterilized properly.

Should there be a malfunction in the sterilizer, it is easily detected and instruments are tagged not to be used.

The office should have the most current proven technology.

Dental X-Ray

Digital X-rays are a must in today’s modern practice.

Foothill Ranch Cosmetic Dentist They have half as much radiation as the traditional X-rays and provide an instant image in 3 seconds as opposed to the film X-rays which take 6-8 minutes to develop.

Having digital X-rays means not keeping harmful chemicals in the office necessary for developing the film X-rays.

The Bottom Line

The parking should be plentiful, preferably free and convenient.

The office should not smell like a dental office because in most people it will trigger apprehension.

The treatment rooms should be clean and well maintained.

The magazines should be current and have an interesting variety to appeal to different patients.

The bathroom should be clean and well maintained.

The treatment rooms should have sinks to allow hand washing.

If you live in the area of Foothill Ranch, California, then please feel free to check out our Orange County cosmetic dentist office and experience the difference for yourself.