Your Health and Safety Come First
At Houston Crossroads Dental Care, we prioritize your well-being every step of the way. Our team follows strict sterilization protocols and maintains a clean, safe environment so you can feel confident and comfortable during every visit. Your peace of mind matters just as much as your smile.
Exceeding Safety Standards, Because Your Health Matters
Especially in times when health concerns are heightened, we want you to feel completely at ease during your visit. At Houston Crossroads Dental Care, your safety is never an afterthought — it’s built into everything we do. Our goal is to ensure nothing stands in the way of delivering personalized, high-quality care.
While strict cleanliness is expected in any medical setting, we’re proud to go above and beyond the guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Every dental instrument is thoroughly cleaned and sterilized before each use using a hospital-grade autoclave — a high-powered steam system that eliminates bacteria and viruses with extreme heat.
Wherever possible, we use single-use, disposable materials and protective barriers, which are safely discarded after every patient. These extra steps allow us to maintain a clean, sterile environment — so you can focus on your dental health with complete peace of mind.
Committed to Safety, Every Step of the Way
Our dentists, hygienists, and dental assistants follow strict hygiene protocols and wear all recommended personal protective equipment (PPE) to keep you safe. This includes single-use gloves, masks, and protective eyewear all properly discarded and replaced between every patient.
Team uniforms are professionally cleaned, and fresh clothing is worn daily. If any clothing becomes soiled during a shift, we have clean backups on hand so our staff can change immediately.
It’s all part of our commitment to maintaining the safest environment possible for you and for our team.
Many areas in a dental office are shared by both patients and staff — which is why we go above and beyond to keep them sanitized. In addition to thorough professional cleaning after hours, our team disinfects high-touch surfaces throughout the day using medical-grade disinfectants.
Countertops, tables, doorknobs, sinks, cabinets, restrooms — every frequently touched surface is carefully wiped down multiple times a day to ensure a clean, safe environment for everyone who walks through our doors.
Your safety is built into every part of your visit.
In any dental office, the water used to rinse your mouth should be as clean and safe as the instruments we use. That’s why our water lines are carefully filtered to remove bacteria and microorganisms even those that pose little risk to healthy individuals but could affect older patients or those with weakened immune systems.
We regularly test and monitor our water lines and follow all manufacturer-recommended cleaning protocols to ensure everything functions like new. Because when it comes to your health, we don’t take shortcuts.
Keeping our patients safe and healthy is a team effort and that includes you. In addition to all the safety measures we take, our team members stay home if they’re feeling unwell, and we kindly ask our patients to do the same. It’s all part of protecting the well-being of everyone in our care.
Have questions about our protocols or need special accommodations? Just give us a call we’re here to help.