What to Expect

At Wolfville Dentistry, we strive to make your visit as relaxing as possible. However, there are some changes we have had to make:

Limit on visitors

For the time being we must limit the number of people in the clinic at one time. Wherever possible, we would ask that family members, drivers etc. wait outside of the clinic during your appointment. Of course exceptions to this are caregivers and interpreters/translators (one per patient). Anyone attending your appointment with you will be screened according to the guidelines below.

Pre-Screening, Masks, & Hand Hygiene

Before being welcomed into the clinic, you will be asked to confirm that you are feeling well, and have no cold/flu-like symptoms or any of the COVID-19 symptoms or risk factors. Once inside, we will ask that you immediately use our hand sanitizer. If you are feeling at all unwell, or if anyone in your household is feeling unwell, please call us before coming to the clinic so that we can reschedule your appointment.

Regardless of provincial regulations, in order to enter our clinic you must be wearing a mask. If you do not have a mask, we can provide you with one. If are unable to wear a mask you must notify us in advance of your appointment so Dr. Hennessy can discuss your options with you.

Where do I wait for my appointment?

For now we must keep our office door locked. We ask that you wait in our lobby area (with a mask on) until we are ready to welcome you into the clinic. Once inside, if your practitioner is not quite ready we are asking patients to sit in the specified locations in our waiting room. This allows us to maintain patient flow and cleaning in accordance with our current guidelines.

What will things look like (including us!)?

We are now required to wear additional Personal Protective Equipment ("PPE") for all dental visits. How different we look will depend on what services are being provided during your visit. Click below to see a video of Dr. Hennessy explaining what we will be wearing. Things like face shields and gowns will be commonplace, but don't worry - it is still us under all those layers!

There is also a Plexiglass barrier at the front desk and a wipeable barrier on the debit machine touchpad. All high touch surfaces are disinfected after each use including our bathroom, waiting room chairs, debit machine, counter tops etc.

Please note: Everyone on our team has been fully vaccinated.

Some of our Changes

Erin W, Erin H, and Sharon ready for work!

Watch as Dr. Hennessy describes all the layers we will be wearing.