Attention:
During the COVID-19 pandemic, dental offices are postponing routine care. Contact us if you think you have a dental emergency to ensure that you receive care that shouldn’t be postponed. In the meantime, brush two minutes, twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste and floss regularly. Avoid sugary food and drinks to reduce the risk of cavities. The pause in routine dental appointments supports “shelter at home” policies and helps “flatten the curve.” When conditions change, we will again be available to help you maintain your oral health through regular preventive and treatment services.

In order to minimize wait time, Eric asks each patient to fill out this Patient Screening Form before the appointment.

Dear Patient:

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. We do this to make sure that our infection control procedures are current and adhere to each agencies’ recommendations.

Healthcare philosophy hasn’t changed that we assume everybody including us has all the bugs. Avoid spreading to anyone.

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:

• Please be patience. We are working as quickly as we could.

• No Walk In. Even if you want to pay, please give us a call ahead of time.

• Please help us by filling forms on your smartphone. For example, you will need to fill this form.

• At your appointment, please call us at the parking lot for further instruction and notify if any health change.

• Please minimize touching anywhere

• You may see that our waiting room will no longer offer magazines, children’s toys and so forth, since those items are difficult to clean and disinfect

• Appointments will be managed to allow for social distancing between patients. That might mean that you’re offered fewer options for scheduling your appointment. Same day treatment recommended.

• 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 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 209-358-0800.

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

Sincerely,

Eric Cheung and Atwater Family Dental

 

ATWATER FAMILY DENTAL

Eric Cheung and his staff are dedicated to provide comprehensive dental care to you and your family at the most reasonable price. Preventive care and good oral hygiene are our main focus. Eric performs restorative and cosmetic dentistry such as tooth color fillings, porcelain veneers, crown, and bridge, implant crown, tooth whitening and also professional cleaning, night guard, anti-snoring device, root canal treatment, extraction, partial and complete dentures along with sedation dentistry. We treat toddlers to people over 100 years old. Toothache and other emergency appointment welcome. Most PPO insurance, credit card, cash and cheque accepted. We are not Medi-cal and HMO providers at this time. Care credit and other payment plan available. New Patients Welcome.