Seattle Dental Care. Because we do care.

Richard Stickney D.D.S. and Our Team greatly value our patient’s health and well-being.  To ensure the safety of our dental patients and staff we ask that you please support us in actively preventing the spread of COVID-19 and flu viruses.  

Please help us and our community by following the CDC’s recommendations to:

1. Clean your hands often with soap or hand sanitizer.
2. Avoid close contact with people who are sick and practice social distancing.
3. If you are sick, please stay home.  If you need medical care call your healthcare provider and they will direct you with further instructions.
4. Cover coughs and sneezes.
5. Wear a face mask if you are sick and may be in contact with people, such as when going to your healthcare provider for care.
6. Clean and disinfect touched surfaces frequently. 

For more detailed information please visit http://www.cdc.gov/

As always we are committed to providing the best dental care and safety to our patients by practicing and providing the universal health care precautions necessary for our patients, staff and facility.  At this time we are currently caring for patients during our regular office hours but prioritizing emergency care. However, we are following the local government recommendations closely and may adapt our hours, procedures and requirements accordingly.  We will contact our patients if we need to make any adjustments to their appointments. 

We love being able to keep our valued patients up to date on the latest technology and treatment that may enhance their care.  The following information is regarding Gentle Wave Technology and how it may benefit you.

In our practice one of our goals is to help our patients acquire the best care and still preserve as much of their natural teeth as possible. By having regular preventative care and the use of our advanced technologies many of our patients have been able to maintain a healthy smile. Occasionally, a patient may experience a problematic tooth that could be due to developing extensive decay, trauma, or an abscess that affects the nerve of the tooth and our patient may have to make a decision to determine the best approach for them to treat the tooth.

Have you visited our office or called in recently? You may have noticed a couple of new faces at our front desk. We are happy to introduce Alyce and Ivette!  They are a fabulous new addition to our team and will be helping our patients coordinate appointments, treatment planning and so much more.
Learn more about them by visiting their bios on our Meet the Team Page https://www.seattledentalcare.com/meet-the-team/.
We look forward to seeing you soon and hope you are having a wonderful spring!

Be Well

Hello everyone. It’s Annika, Rick’s hygienist. I wanted a turn at posting in our blog so here you go!

I didn’t use to floss. I was, like many others, satisfied with the clean feeling I got after brushing my teeth. When I would go for my 6 month cleaning and checkup, the hygienist would tell me to floss every day and I would think: “If I eat ribs or corn, sure lady! But every day? I don’t need to do that.” So I would merrily go my way and not give flossing a second thought unless I felt that I had food between my teeth.