| Dr. Ronald WidenCOVID-19 Update
Updated October 22, 2026
We are actively trying to reduce the exposure of people to COVID-19. While our office complies with State Health Department and CDC guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we cannot make any guarantees.
Our staff are vaccinated, symptom-free and, to the best of their knowledge, are not presently sick with COVID-19. However, since we are a place of public accommodation, other persons (including other patients) could be infected, with or without their knowledge. \
Current symptoms:
- Respiratory & General: Fever or chills, cough, sore throat, nasal congestion, runny nose, fatigue, and body aches.
- Head & Neck: Headache and severe sore throats (sometimes referred to as a “razor blade throat” with specific sublineages).
- Gastrointestinal Issues: Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea have also been increasingly reported alongside respiratory signs.
- Classic Signs: Loss of taste or smell can still occur, though it is less common with recent variants than it was earlier in the pandemic.
If you have these symptoms stay home and contact your primary care physician.
Our procedures at the office:
- Typically, our office will email you before your visit to ask some screening questions.
- We have Purell hand sanitizer that we will ask you to use when you enter the office and as often as you need.
- We try to limit one patient in the office at a time. This will allow for social distancing and give us ample time to disinfect the office between patients.
- We have individual treatment rooms with doors, not an open office style.
- We will continue to autoclave our instruments to provide clean sterile instruments for procedures & continue to have a third party perform weekly spore testing to assure sterilization of instruments.
- We will be using high filtration masks (KN95/N95), face shields and disposable gowns when necessary.
- Some intraoral procedures will be performed using an IsoVac to minimize aerosols.
- We have added hands free hand washing stations in each room.
- We have added Germicidal UV and 2 HEPA filtration units in each treatment room to reduce the aerosols present.
Thank you and stay safe.