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Welcome to Our Office
Office Tour
View from California Street
Located on the corner of California Street and Van Ness Avenue, our office is close to many public transportation lines. There is parking in the building as well as lots of metered and non-metered street parking within walking distance.
Reception Area
Our spacious reception room is filled with current magazines and books for our parents, teens, and children.
Front Desk
Our wonderful front desk staff have been specially trained to handle the many needs of our patients.
Examination Area
During the first examination appointment and at all check ups, our parents are active participants with the Doctors and Staff. Some dental fears can be alleviated as our new patients and parents watch other patients and parents in our spacious open bay environment.
Children's Lounge Area with TV and Toys
Open Bay Treatment Area
Our office design allows parents to observe and to be near their children during their appointments. We encourage an open, friendly atmosphere in the office where patients and parents can role model for other patients and parents.
State of the Art Sterilization Bay
Using only the best techniques, we guarantee that all of our office supplies, instruments, and personnel are up to the highest Standards of Care for cleanliness and Infection Control.
About Infection Control and Sterilization
In order to protect your child, our doctors, and staff, we constantly maintain the highest quality patient/staff protection systems. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the FDA, the National Center for Disease Control, the National Institute of Health, and the California OHSA set the Infection Control Standards for all health care facilities. Our operatory staff wears gloves, masks, outer protective clothing, and protective eyewear or shields as appropriate for their assigned tasks.
Much of our equipment such as prophy angles, air water syringe tips, saliva ejectors, and high speed suction tips etc are disposable. Our instruments are cleaned in an ultrasonic scrubbing system, packaged in individualized sterilization pouches, and then sterilized in a pressurized steam oven called an autoclave after each use. Our handpieces are thoroughly cleaned, packaged, and sterilized also in the autoclave after each use.
With the concern today about the spread of infectious diseases, our office wants you to know that your child's protection and safety is our top priority. By making you aware of the sterilization measures that our office routinely performs behind the scenes for your child's safety, we feel that you will be more than comfortable with our pediatric dental office.
Good hand hygiene is one of the most important aspects of infection control that we use in our office. Recently, we have been using the most current technology for hand sanitizing. Approved by the FDA and used in hospitals, hand cleansing/washing with alcohol based hand sanitizers has been shown to be as good as, if not superior to, traditional hand washing with soap and water. The alcohol based hand sanitizers are actually more effective than regular hand washing with soap and water in killing bacteria and viruses that cause disease because most people do not wash their hands long enough and/or use the proper hand washing technique. We only buy those solutions that have at least 60% ethyl alcohol as the active ingredient, as clinical trials have shown those to be absolutely effective in killing 99.9% of germs. By rubbing our hands with the solution until dry, we can effectively control spread of bacteria and diseases to our patients.
Dr. Melanie Perea
Our office particularly likes the Walgreens brand of Instant Hand Sanitizer with moisturizers and Vitamin E
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