PROVIDING EXCELLENCE IN PERIODONTAL CARE SINCE 1979

CERTIFIED PERIODONTISTS IN VANCOUVER

Our specialty practice has a history of providing excellent periodontal care for patients in Vancouver, the Lower Mainland and around the world since its founding in 1979 by Dr. Kenneth Lee. The tradition has been carried on with his daughter Dr. Michelle Lee and Dr. Andrew Han, also both highly trained specialists in periodontics and also in implant dentistry. What we promise you are precise, caring services that put you and your oral health care first. Help keep your overall health intact by caring for your oral health!

 

 

 

***NOTICE***

To our valued patients:

 

We hope this letter finds you and your family in good health. We are happy and proud to report that there has not been a single documented case of COVID patient transmission that has occurred at the Oak Dental Centre since the COVID pandemic started. We know that it has been challenging with the many protocols that we employ at the Oak Dental Centre, but now, with the Omicron variant, it is more important than ever before to be vigilant and follow the protocols that are in place. 

 

They are as follows:

 

Although our office has always utilized the highest standards exceeding both BCCDC and CDSBC guidelines, in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have implemented the following additional protocols/instructions to enhance your safety:

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1. We will ask you a set of health-related questions that will need to be completed prior to your appointment. 

2. Do not enter the building if you are experiencing any symptoms at all. If you have any symptoms, your appointment will need to be rescheduled. If you have allergies, they must be controlled by allergy medication before you can enter.

3. Medical grade masks are mandatory to enter the building. This means that cloth masks or face coverings are no longer accepted. If you do not have a medical grade mask, one will be given to you at the concierge.

4. Maintain appropriate physical distancing (6 feet or 2 meters) and limit accompanying personnel (caregivers / parents / guardians) to a maximum of 1 person (only if needed). They should wait for you in their car or outside the building. If your accompaniment needs to join you at your appointment, they will also need to answer the pre-appointment screening questions.

5. Please notify us upon your arrival to the building but stay in your vehicle or wait at the front entrance. Please do not come up to the office for your appointment until you know we are expecting you. In accordance with our office’s policy, please contact us approximately ~10-15 min before your appointment. We need to control the number of the patients in our waiting room.

6. You will be provided with an oral rinse before each appointment.

7. All staff will undergo daily screening for COVID.

8. We have installed enhanced air purification devices and aerosol capturing and decontaminating devices.

9. We have implemented enhanced disinfection/decontamination protocols with specialized equipment.

10. Enhanced personal protective equipment (this may include surgical gowns, face shields, scrub caps, and of course masks and gloves) will be worn by our staff during all procedures.

 

Some of these measures may change as we understand more about the novel coronavirus, but in the meantime, these protocols are based on the most current available information/guidelines from the College of Dental Surgeons of BC, BC Centre for Disease Control, Office of the Provincial Health Officer and WorkSafe BC.

 

We look forward to seeing you again or meeting you for the first time and thank you in advance for your continued patience as we continue with the aforementioned strategies to help keep everyone safe.

 

Sincerely,

 

Drs. Han & Lee and Staff