(510) 352-2632
441 JOAQUIN AVENUE
SAN LEANDRO, CA 94577
Phone or Fax: (510) 352-2632
441 JOAQUIN AVENUE
SAN LEANDRO, CA 94577
Other Policies
Miguel A. Hipolito, D.D.S.
Joseph P. Smith, D.D.S.
Zahara Hosseini, D.D.S.
Emergencies
If your child should suffer a traumatic injury, please call the office immediately, day or night. The message on the answering machine will tell you how to reach Dr. Smith or Dr. Hosseini.
Attention Athletes
If you are participating in sports where accidental contact is likely, we recommend a mouth guard to be worn during games and practices.
You can pick up a kit at a sporting goods store and fit it yourself; you can pick up a kit and we will help you fit it, or we can make you a custom-made mouth guard. In any case we want to help prevent accidental dental injury.
Telephone Calls
All patients are encouraged to call the office with any questions regarding dental problems. Our office staff is well qualified to answer most questions. If the call requires a doctor to speak to you, they will return your call at the earliest opportunity, certainly by the end of the day.
After School Appointment
To accommodate the maximum number of after school patient visits, we must limit these visits to short procedures. It is a state law that children be excused from school for medical and dental appointments.
We will try to give as many patients after school appointments as possible but school time appointments are necessary. We will be glad to furnish you with verification of the appointment for the school attendance record.
Cell Phones
As a courtesy to our patients and staff, we request that you turn off your cell phone prior to entering the office.
Dear Parent:
Due to the current social phenomenon of divided families, we have found it necessary to establish some policies regarding children who find themselves in this situation.
You can understand that we cannot be caught in the middle of responsibility disagreements regarding appointments or financial responsibility.
Therefore, it is hereafter our office policy that the custodial parent (the parent with whom the child resides) will be considered responsible for the child's dental treatment.
In the case of divided custody, the parent that brings the child in for the first appointment will be considered the responsible parent. We will deal directly with the custodial parent in all matters concerning the child's treatment.
If your child should suffer a traumatic injury, please call the office immediately, day or night. The message on the answering machine will tell you how to reach Dr. Smith or Dr. Hosseini.
Attention Athletes
If you are participating in sports where accidental contact is likely, we recommend a mouth guard to be worn during games and practices.
You can pick up a kit at a sporting goods store and fit it yourself; you can pick up a kit and we will help you fit it, or we can make you a custom-made mouth guard. In any case we want to help prevent accidental dental injury.
Telephone Calls
All patients are encouraged to call the office with any questions regarding dental problems. Our office staff is well qualified to answer most questions. If the call requires a doctor to speak to you, they will return your call at the earliest opportunity, certainly by the end of the day.
After School Appointment
To accommodate the maximum number of after school patient visits, we must limit these visits to short procedures. It is a state law that children be excused from school for medical and dental appointments.
We will try to give as many patients after school appointments as possible but school time appointments are necessary. We will be glad to furnish you with verification of the appointment for the school attendance record.
Cell Phones
As a courtesy to our patients and staff, we request that you turn off your cell phone prior to entering the office.
Dear Parent:
Due to the current social phenomenon of divided families, we have found it necessary to establish some policies regarding children who find themselves in this situation.
You can understand that we cannot be caught in the middle of responsibility disagreements regarding appointments or financial responsibility.
Therefore, it is hereafter our office policy that the custodial parent (the parent with whom the child resides) will be considered responsible for the child's dental treatment.
In the case of divided custody, the parent that brings the child in for the first appointment will be considered the responsible parent. We will deal directly with the custodial parent in all matters concerning the child's treatment.
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