Our Covid Response

Royal Oak Dental Centre has the unique benefit of being one of the most recently designed offices to manage Covid protocols and enhance infection control procedures to keep patients, staff and visitors safe. Official opening June 1, 2021. City of Burnaby approved May 13, 2021.

The office is almost surrounded completely by windows to bring in plenty of natural light throughout. In addition, use of an open office concept using the unique modular solid and glass panels by DIRTT (Doing It Right This Time) of healthcare quality and sustainability. The layout allows for clear view of people who are nearby to safely distance.

In addition we have added a Plasma UV air cleaning system by GPS Air Cleaning Technology design to remove unwanted harmful particles in the air such as pollen, dust, bacteria and viruses. We have allowed for easy social distancing in our waiting room for your comfort but we will make every effort to bring you into your specially prepared treatment room when it is safe to do so. Everyone is welcome to use our outdoor patio sitting area with free wifi access and refreshment, by request. You will love the view of our beautiful city from our outdoor patio.

The 3 Operatory rooms are fully enclosed with a separate duct system to keep as much as possible any aerosols from a procedure contained in the room for adequate disinfection after the procedure. In addition, a medical grade HEPA filter system will be used in each room during high aerosol generating procedures. The number of patients in the office will be limited and each room will be given adequate time for air filtration and disinfection before its next use.

Throughout the working day, staff will be regularly disinfecting commonly touched surfaces such as doorknobs, countertops, pens, telephone receivers, keyboards etc. Routine checks of the private office bathroom will be monitored for cleanliness. Everyone is asked to use the disinfectant on all bathroom surfaces after each use and wash their hands thoroughly for 20 seconds as recommended.

All team members will be screened daily with temperatures taken and asked to stay home if they are not feeling well. Our clinical team will wear additional personal protective equipment to keep them safe, and have all been trained on the latest practices for minimizing the transmission of the virus.