COVID-19 Update Airborne Precautions

We are now fully open per Gov. Whitmer’s lifting of all restrictions for dental offices. I would like to update you on the additional precautions that we are taking to ensure your safety and that of our staff. I believe that no other dental office in Michigan can match the infection control measures that I have instituted. At the request of the American Dental Association, the CDC has downgraded both the PPE (personal protective equipment) and environmental engineering guidelines that would have ensured a higher level of protection for you and our staff. The CDC notes the lack of airborne precautions “in most dental offices as they do not have airborne infection isolation rooms or single patient rooms, do not have a respiratory protection program and do not routinely stock N95 respirators.”

Our office is following the most stringent guidelines the same as anesthesiologists in ICU or O.R. settings treating COVID-19 patients.

We are wearing fit tested surgical N95 masks with a level 1,2 or3 regular surgical mask overlaid for your protection. As a dentist anesthesiologist with over 20 years of hospital training and experience, I am one of the few dentists in the state who has the equipment and knowledge of properly fit testing a N-95 mask.

With dual HVACs, our HVAC system for our treatment rooms is separate than the front desk, reception room and common areas. Our negative air pressure rooms with HEPA air purifiers and UV-C germicidal lights have over 10 air changes per hour or every 6 minutes. Combined with our OR grade antiviral HVAC filters, this means that you will always be breathing clean, filtered air. Most dental offices have open bays and a single HVAC system which greatly increases the risk of aerosol contamination since you can be breathing unfiltered air from someone else.

Staff will seat you while they are wearing masks, face shields, gowns and gloves to minimize your exposure (we use 300-400 gloves per day).

Treatment rooms are thoroughly disinfected between patients with O.R. strength disinfectants. These are much stronger than commercial products and we have been using them for the past 20 years. Our rooms are oversized to further reduce contamination.

All hard surfaces at the front desk and reception areas are disinfected multipole times daily including door handles, chairs and light switches.

The entire office is fogged nightly with a disinfectant. And we have a large UV-C germicidal light unit to clean all surfaces including walls, floors and ceilings.

While you will also have your temperature taken, I know that multiple studies have shown that up to 80% of patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 are asymptomatic. That’s why we take the same exceptional protocols as physicians treating COVID-19 patients. We can’t tell who is infected and who is not so we treat everyone as suspect COVID-19 for maximum safety.

Our suctions and saliva ejectors run at 50% higher pressure than most dental offices to reduce aerosol contamination. We do ask that you limit speaking to reduce aerosols and it is more difficult for us to communicate with you while fully masked.

We have hand sanitizer at the front counter for your use so please don’t hesitate to do so.

We have submitted an application to the state to provide rapid COVID-19 testing in our office but the State Board of Dentistry is preventing us from offering the test to our patients.

While we are limiting the number of patients in our office at any one time, you can also stay in your car and we can call you when we are ready to seat you into a treatment room.

If you have any of the symptoms, please reschedule for the safety of everyone and we will waive your cancellation fee.
Once again, we are committed to your safety and that of our staff and will continue to provide the highest level of protection for all. I will not downgrade our stringent protocols just because the ADA realized that the vast majority of dental offices couldn’t comply with the original guidelines.

Wouldn't you really rather be asleep for your Dental Care?  We'll wake you up when it's over.  

Sedation Dentistry of Michigan

Welcome to the Sedation Dentistry Center. Many of you have been referred here by your family dentist or specialist for treatment, others may be fearful or anxious concerning dental care and some may have family members with special needs, Alzheimer’s or other conditions. What ever your reason, we are here to restore your oral health and provide the finest dental treatment in a calm, compassionate and caring manner. This can be accomplished pain free in as little as one appointment with our advanced sedation and anesthesia techniques.

Our patients appreciate that the Sedation Dentistry Center does not look like a traditional dental office. Many of the smells, images, or sounds you remember from the past have been eliminated. As a Dentist Anesthesiologist our director, Norbert Kaminski D.D.S., the most experienced sedation / anesthesia dentist in Michigan, has found this reduces the triggering mechanism of the past bad memories. “No one is born with a fear of dentists. Our goal is to enable you to overcome those previous poor experiences that were no fault of your own. The most difficult part for you is walking through the front door” says Dr. Kaminski, the most experienced dental anesthesiologist listed in Michigan. Most of the people we see tell us that their previous dentist called them “the worst patient”.  We thrive on changing that experience and your life.

We treat every one of our patients the way we or our family members would like to be treated and with the respect each person deserves. That is why thousands have entrusted Dr. Kaminski with their oral health and referred family and friends that further demonstrates his honesty and integrity.

You might find of particular interest Dr. Kaminski’s many media appearances. He has also been named a top dentist by the respected Detroit Hour Magazine. For many years the stock hospital O.R. footage for WXYZ channel 7 health reports was actually Dr. Kaminski providing dental rehabilitation in the operating room at Providence Hospital. Nationally, he has been featured with Diane Sawyer on ABC World News Tonight, Brian Ross on 20/20, and Deborah Norville on Inside Edition as well as the New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, and Los Angeles Times.  Locally he has been featured on WDIV Channel 4, WXYZ Channel 7, WJBK Channel 62, The Detroit News, The Detroit Free Press and The Macomb Daily..

As you navigate our website, please feel free to contact our office by e-mail or phone for any questions you may have. Our staff can also facilitate your travel requirements as many of our patients come from out of state and overseas. For ease of travel, our Eastside Office and Surgicenter is located on the I-696 service drive between I-94 and I-75 making it readily accessible to anyone with freeway access.

Does this sound like you?

• You put off dental care until the pain has kept you awake
• Sweaty palms or lay awake the night before your appointment
• Cancel your appointment several times
• Haven’t seen a dentist in years
• Had dental treatment done recently that was very painful
• “I told them I wasn’t numb but they drilled anyway”
• “I gag when they have the suction in the back of my throat.”

Who Benefits from our Unique Expertise?

• Dental phobic, Fearful and Anxious Patients
• Extensive Dental Care
• Special Needs Patients
• Local Anesthesia problems (Can't get numb.  A very common issue)
• Sensitive Gag Reflex Patients
• Medically Compromised Patients
• Alzheimers, Dementia Patients
• Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse
• Patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Nursing Home Patients, TMJ Patients (Limited opening of jaw)
• Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia· Auto and Industrial Accident victims

Dental Phobic, Fearful and Anxious Patients

“No one is born with the fear of the dentist. Most have had bad experiences with the dentist so the problem is not with you. Someone made you this way and you are not alone” Dr. Kaminski says.

In this country nearly 150 million people have had such bad experiences that they won't go to a dentist again! They know they need dental care but can’t put themselves through the pain they previously experienced at the dentist. Some have put off treatment for years while others had a very painful episode just last month. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you came from, the issue cuts across all walks of life.

As one of only a handful of dentists nationally specializing in sedation anesthesia dentistry for the treatment of fearful and phobic patients, Dr. Kaminski has developed special techniques to provide truly guaranteed pain free dental care. With his hospital grade total intravenous anesthesia you can be assured of a positive dental experience without feeling any pain or remembering any of the procedure. You are truly asleep during your treatment.

Having treated thousands of dental phobic patients, we have the understanding and compassion you need at your initial consultation. No picks or probes are used; specific radiographs and intra oral photographs help Dr. Kaminski assess your needs. Multiple procedures, complex or painful treatment can be combined into one appointment. Anything that might cause discomfort is handled while you are asleep.

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Certified in ...

• General Anesthesia
• Intravenous Deep Sedation
• Intravenous Moderate Sedation
• Oral Moderate Sedation
• Nitrous Oxide Sedation
• Hospital Grade Monitored Anesthesia Care

• Implant Restoration
• Endodontic Therapy
• Periodontal Therapy
• Oral Surgery
• Dentist Referrals
• Sterilization
• Holistic Dentistry
• Cosmetic Dentistry
• Special Needs Patients
• Natural All Ceramic Restorations
• Permanent Bridges
• Pain free Sleep Dentistry

• Implant Restoration
• Endodontic Therapy
• Periodontal Therapy
• Oral Surgery
• Dentist Referrals
• Sterilization
• Holistic Dentistry
• Cosmetic Dentistry
• Special Needs Patients
• Natural All Ceramic Restorations
• Permanent Bridges
• Pain free Sleep Dentistry