Steven E. Kratofil, D.D.S. Inc.

To Our Valued Patients: We hope this finds you and your family in good health. Our office has re-opened and we are now back to our regular schedule. When it’s time for your next appointment, you will see some changes that we have put in place to help protect our patients and staff. For example:... Our office will be calling you before your appointment to ask some screening questions. You will also be asked these same questions when you arrive for your appointment. Your temperature will be taken upon your arrival to the office. Face masks are now required for entry into the office We have hand sanitizer that we will ask you to use before you enter the office. You will also find it available in the reception area and in other areas for you to use as needed. You may see that our waiting room will no longer offer magazines and children’s toys since those items are difficult to clean and disinfect. The waiting room is now marked to allow for social distancing between patients. We are doing our utmost to limit the number of patients in the waiting room at any one time. We look forward to seeing you again and are happy to answer any questions you may have about the steps we take to keep you, our staff, and every patient safe in our practice. To make an appointment, please call our office at 760/242-7744. Thank you for being our patient. We value your trust and loyalty and look forward to welcoming back our patients, neighbors and friends. Sincerely, Drs. Kratofil, Fowlie, Nayyar, Newbold and Staff

Dear Valued Patient, In an effort to support national efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, our practice is taking the following steps to help assure your health and well-being and that of our community: We are following directives from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to limit patient and staff exposure to this virus. Your health, and the health of our dedicated staff, matters to us, so going forward we are suspending all non-emer...gency care until further notice. Patients will be seen only for urgent and emergency dental needs. The safety and well-being of our patients continues to be our primary concern. We will continue to monitor the status of COVID-19 nationally and within our community and keep you up-to-date regarding our plans to re-open for business as usual. If you have a dental emergency and need to be seen, please do not hesitate to call us at 760/242-7744. Thank you for your on-going patience during this extraordinary time. We will get through this together. See more

NOTICE OF TEMPORARY CLOSURE Our top priority is the health and well-being of our patients, families, staff and community. In this unprecedented time, we are deeply committed to keeping everyone safe. In light of the evolving pandemic and out of an abundance of caution, we have decided to close our office until April 1st. We believe that this closure will allow us to more effectively evaluate this dynamic situation and assist in following the CDC’s guidance on social separati...on. If you have an appointment scheduled with us during this period, our office will be in touch to help reschedule your appointment. There WILL be a dentist on call in the event of a dental emergency. Should you require emergency dental care, please call our office as you normally would and one of our dentists will contact you. We did not make this decision lightly. A great deal of care, research and planning guided our decision. We will continue to evaluate the situation as it evolves and determine on a weekly basis when it is appropriate for us to return to our normal business hours. Again, please understand that we are making this decision with the health and well-being of our patients, our families, our team and our community in mind. We wish all of you continued health and strength during this challenging time. Sincerely, Dr. Steve Kratofil Dr. James Fowlie Dr. Shikha Nayyar

In the interest of the health and well being of our patients and staff, please be advised of our office sick policy. If you have any questions, please call us at 760/242-7744.

To Our Patients

It’s Girl Scout cookie time again. Support your local scout troop and buy cookies today!

A little funny for you Friday!

Check out our new video, in which Dr. Kratofil demonstrates an Invisalign realignment from start to finish!

Next time you come to the office, check out our new display! We’ve collected as many of the magnets that we’ve given out over the years as we could find. Do you still have a magnet from us? Post a photo of your magnet in the comments below!

It’s that time of year again! Remember that dental benefits don’t roll over into the new year, so you’ve gotta use them or lose them. Call us at 760-242-7744 and make your appointment today!

As of today, Dr. Kratofil has been practicing dentistry for 33.3 years, or 1/3 of a century! Here he as at the beginning of his career at his graduation on May 10, 1985.

We are so proud of one of our dental hygienists, Sara! She donated about a foot of her hair to Wigs for Kids,a non-profit organization that provides wigs to kids undergoing cancer treatment at no charge to the kids or their families. #wigsforkids