COVID-19

To Our Entire Family of Patients

In Regards to COVID-19

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.

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. You will also find some in the reception area and other places in the office for you to use as needed.
  • 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.
  • 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 limit the number of patients allowed to sit in the reception area.
  • We have added additional protection, such as face shields, and when available- N-95 masks to protect our team and you.
  • Our front desk personnel will be wearing masks when you see them.
  • We will be doing no touch temperature checks on anyone coming in for treatment.
  • We have installed medical grade air purifiers which are the most effective air filtrations available

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 (718) 550-3541 or contact us here.

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

Sincerely,

Drs. Gochman, Dr. Bharati, and our entire team.

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    Dr. Richard Gochman
    Dr. Gochman is certified in implant prosthetic restorations from Nobel, 3I, and Zimmer. He has completed numerous advanced courses on veneers and all-ceramic restorations. The Consumers Research Council named him as one of the Top 100 Dentists in Family and Cosmetic Dentistry in 2007.
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