WE ARE OPEN - COVID SECURE ENVIRONMENT
Our caring and friendly dental team are here for you
COVID-19 UPDATE 17/01/2021
Our practice is OPEN and COVID-19 secure
UPDATE ON YOUR DENTAL CARE
We would like to assure all of our valued patients that we remain open and will continue to remain open in line with national guidance, as provision of dental care is an essential medical service.
We have used everything available to ensure our environment is covid secure, and we are operating with the latest infection control guidance and that we offer the highest level of safety when visiting us.
The extra measures we have undertaken
We have been providing as many treatments as our capacity allows, emergency care as well as provision of continued care. Examination bookings had been prioritised for those with higher dental needs and children. Regular dental examinations are important to allow checks for decay or failing fillings, gum disease, and signs of mouth cancer.
Our hygienists are continuing to operate appointments as normal. Maintaining your oral health is especially important in the current climate, because gum disease has been widely associated with several disorders such as diabetes, heart disease, dementia and others. As most of you are aware these systemic diseases have also been linked to a higher risk for COVID-19. There is growing evidence of the correlation between gum disease and COVID- 19 infection.
We are continuing to check temperatures of all patients and staff entering the practice. Please ensure that you do not attend an appointment if you or anyone in your household have any of the main symptoms of coronavirus are a high temperature, a new, continuous cough and a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste, or are awaiting a COVID-19 test result.
Our goal is to continue our comprehensive service for all of our patients, as we believe that oral health is a key aspect of wellbeing and your overall health.
Please call us on 01707329634 or email contact@knightsfielddental.com for further information.
Many thanks for your support of the practice during these recent times, be safe and keep smiling.
Best wishes,
Maya and all the team at Knightsfield Dental Practice
UPDATE ON YOUR DENTAL CARE
We would like to assure all of our valued patients that we remain open and will continue to remain open in line with national guidance, as provision of dental care is an essential medical service.
We have used everything available to ensure our environment is covid secure, and we are operating with the latest infection control guidance and that we offer the highest level of safety when visiting us.
The extra measures we have undertaken
- installation of new air filtration units in every surgery
- installation of air quality particle counters
- installation of air extractors/exchangers, used after every aerosol treatment
- a new window in the downstairs surgery, open windows in every room
- routine use of FFP3 masks and PAPR hoods
- We are following strict PPE protocols and detailed operating procedures, as well as restricting the number of people allowed into the practice at one time.
We have been providing as many treatments as our capacity allows, emergency care as well as provision of continued care. Examination bookings had been prioritised for those with higher dental needs and children. Regular dental examinations are important to allow checks for decay or failing fillings, gum disease, and signs of mouth cancer.
Our hygienists are continuing to operate appointments as normal. Maintaining your oral health is especially important in the current climate, because gum disease has been widely associated with several disorders such as diabetes, heart disease, dementia and others. As most of you are aware these systemic diseases have also been linked to a higher risk for COVID-19. There is growing evidence of the correlation between gum disease and COVID- 19 infection.
We are continuing to check temperatures of all patients and staff entering the practice. Please ensure that you do not attend an appointment if you or anyone in your household have any of the main symptoms of coronavirus are a high temperature, a new, continuous cough and a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste, or are awaiting a COVID-19 test result.
Our goal is to continue our comprehensive service for all of our patients, as we believe that oral health is a key aspect of wellbeing and your overall health.
Please call us on 01707329634 or email contact@knightsfielddental.com for further information.
Many thanks for your support of the practice during these recent times, be safe and keep smiling.
Best wishes,
Maya and all the team at Knightsfield Dental Practice
INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT YOUR VISIT TO OUR PRACTICE DURING COVID-19 TIMES
Our priority as always is your safety and your care.
Please read the following prior to attending -
On the Appointment Day
Many thanks for your patience and supporting our practice with your visit.
Our priority as always is your safety and your care.
Please read the following prior to attending -
On the Appointment Day
- Before you leave home, please make sure you have brushed your teeth, used your own toilet facilities and are hydrated.
- Please attend alone. (If you require someone with you please let reception know beforehand.)
- Please bring only essential items that are absolutely necessary to have with you into the practice, this may include medicines like asthma inhalers.
- You should wear a face covering when you enter the practice.
- Please ensure you have completed all your forms prior to arrival.
- Please do not arrive before your appointment time.
- When you arrive at the practice, you can call reception and let them know you are here. If you are arriving by car, we will ask you to wait in your car until we are ready to see you. If you need to wait outside the practice please follow social distancing recommendations.
- The practice door will be locked, we will open the door when we are ready to start your appointment.
- One of our dental nurses will meet you at the front door. She will ask you to confirm that you or anyone if your household do not have any symptoms of COVID-19 today and take your temperature before you enter. She will be wearing PPE.
- As soon as you enter, you will be asked to thoroughly wash your hand with soap.
- You will be guided straight in to the surgery.
- Please ensure safe distances are kept you and our team members. Our reception staff are behind a screen for added protection.
- The practice and surgeries will be clutter free. All areas are cleaned and disinfected thoroughly in between every patient.
- We will be following strict cross infection control protocol as we always have done but with new steps to ensure the whole patient journey is as safe as possible.
- The dentist and nurse will be wearing PPE and wont be able to greet you as we used to, but we will give you a wave!
- To be able to provide you with our service and care, to carry out your dental treatment, we are unable to adhere to social distancing. Our dentist and nurse will be wearing additional specialised PPE gear which may include a PAPR hood.
- We won’t be able to converse much whilst wearing the specialised masks, but please let us know at any time if you need to stop or have a break by raising your hand.
- At the end of the appointment please use hand sanitiser and exit as instructed.
- The treatment room is thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, the instruments are sterilised.
- You may visit reception to book any follow up appointments or make a payment. Reception will instruct you on the way to leave the building.
Many thanks for your patience and supporting our practice with your visit.
New private patients can book a physical Dental Examinations online by clicking here - We are currently taking bookings for November 2020 onwards.
Find Us
We are located at 171 Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 7QG.
Our phone number is 01707 329 634.
Email us contact@knightsfielddental.com
Our phone number is 01707 329 634.
Email us contact@knightsfielddental.com
The established address of Welwyn Garden City Dentists for more than 50 years.
Knightsfield Dental Practice is here to serve you and your family.
Knightsfield Dental Practice is here to serve you and your family.
News
At the current time we are NO LONGER accepting any new NHS patients for routine care, we do have NHS emergency appointment provision for unregistered patients.
We are accepting a limited number of new private patients for routine care to see our dentist Maya.
Examination appointments are available at £65.00.
Urgent Appointments for new private patients with an emergency are from £65.
We have a range of flexible appointment times available - for example, 8.00am on a Wednesday or 6.00pm on a Monday.
Let us know what suits you.
New NHS Patients
At the current time we are NO LONGER accepting any new NHS patients for routine care.
We are accepting New Patients with NHS Dental EMERGENCIES where capacity allows.
Please contact reception before 9.30am for daily availability.
Available now -
Hygienist appointment 30mins £57.00
Hygienist appointment 60mins £114.00
Airpolish with hygiene £7
