*To the Patients and Families of Kaminski Dental Center

We hope this letter finds you and your family in good health. Our community has been through a lot over the last few months, and all of us are looking forward to resuming our normal habits and routines. While many things have changed, one thing has remained the same: our commitment to your safety.

Infection control has always been a top priority for our practice and you may have seen this during your visits to our office. Our infection control processes are made so that when you receive care, it's both safe and comfortable. We want to tell you about the infection control procedures we follow in our practice to keep patients and staff safe.

Our office follows infection control recommendations made by the American Dental Association (ADA), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). We follow the activities of these agencies so that we are up-to-date on any new rulings or guidance that may be issued.

You may see some changes when it is time for your next appointment. We made these changes to help protect our patients and staff. For example:

• Our office will communicate with you beforehand to ask some screening questions. You'll be asked those same questions again when you are in the office.
• We have hand sanitizer that we will ask you to use when you enter the office and leave the office.
• Appointments will be managed to allow for social distancing between patients. That might mean that you're offered fewer options for scheduling your appointment.
• We will do our best to allow greater time between patients to reduce waiting times for you, as well as to reduce the number of patients in the reception area at any one time.
• We will ask the patient/guardian to complete a COVID-19 screening questionnaire prior to being brought into the practice.
• We ask that you arrive to our practice approximately 10 minutes prior to your appointment to allow completion of the screening questionnaire and the check in process from your vehicle.
• We ask that only the patient may enter the practice.
• We now have a mandatory mask protocol in place. We ask that all patients bring in their own masks, if possible. A bandana/scarf will be acceptable.
• We will be performing daily temperature checks with an infra-red thermometer for all team members and patients/guests to ensure no one has a temperature above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit. Any team member with a temperature reading above 100.4 F will be sent home and any patient with a temperature reading above 100.4 degrees F will need to reschedule their appointment.

We look forward to seeing you again and are happy to answer any questions you may have about the steps we take to keep you, and every patient, safe in our practice. To make an appointment, please call our office at 920-351-5000 or visit our website at kaminskidental.com.

Thank you for being our patient. We value your trust and loyalty and look forward to welcoming back our patients, neighbors and friends.

Sincerely,

Dr Kaminski and Staff