Infection Control

At Smiles4milesdental our Infection control procedures are very important part of our practice to prevent the spread of infection and provide safe and quality dental treatment for our clients.

If you have or had any infectious disease please discuss with the Dentist- All medical history information are treated with confidentiality.

Our staff will be happy to answer any questions you may have about our infection control procedures.

Some aspects of our infection contol procedures:

• Good Hand Hygiene practice and employing the latest products to keep the practice safe and clean.
• Discouraging patients from spitting and rinsing : we employ the latest technology suction pumps to remove saliva and blood from the mouth. 
• we utilise plastic barriers around equipment to protect against the spread of infection.
• We use single use products discarded after usage like needles, scalpels, Rubber dam, Optragate cheek and lip shields.
• Multiple use instruments are cleaned and disinfected thoroughly using ultrasonic cleaners and sterilised in a steam autoclave after each use.