Effective date: August 18, 2026
Stuart Dental Spa respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how Stuart Dental Spa, operated by R. Anthony Matheny, D.D.S., P.A., collects, uses, discloses, and protects information when you visit stuartdentalspa.com, use one of our online forms, interact with one of our Facebook or Instagram contact forms, or otherwise contact us through a digital channel.
Information we collect
We may collect information that you choose to provide, including:
- Your name, telephone number, and email address.
- Your communication preferences and the content of messages you send us.
- Information you submit when requesting that our office contact you or when requesting an appointment.
- Records of the consent or permission language shown to you and the action you take when submitting a form.
Please do not submit Social Security numbers, payment-card information, detailed medical or dental histories, symptoms, diagnoses, insurance information, or information about a child through a general website or social-media contact form. Call us at (772) 287-2338 for instructions on an appropriate way to communicate sensitive information.
When you use our website, we and our service providers may automatically collect limited technical information, such as your IP address, browser and device type, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, approximate location derived from IP address, and interactions with the site. We may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the site, understand aggregate site use, maintain security, and improve performance.
How we use information
We may use information to:
- Respond to your request and communicate with you about next steps.
- Operate, maintain, secure, troubleshoot, and improve our website and forms.
- Route inquiries to authorized practice personnel and maintain internal accountability.
- Maintain records of permissions, preferences, and requests to stop communications.
- Comply with legal, regulatory, professional, and recordkeeping obligations.
- Protect the rights, safety, and security of our patients, visitors, personnel, practice, and service providers.
We do not use submitted health, appointment, or treatment information to create advertising audiences or send person-level treatment outcomes to advertising platforms.
How we disclose information
We may disclose information to service providers that help us operate our website, forms, inquiry-routing systems, analytics, security, communications, and professional services. Those providers may use information only for the services they perform for us and subject to applicable agreements and legal requirements. Healthcare information is disclosed only as permitted by applicable law and required agreements.
We may also disclose information when required by law, legal process, professional obligations, or a valid government request, or when reasonably necessary to protect rights, safety, security, and the integrity of our services. If the practice undergoes a business transaction, information may be transferred as permitted by law and subject to appropriate protections.
We do not sell personal information for money. We do not authorize service providers to use patient inquiry information for their own marketing.
Mobile information and text-message consent
No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. Information sharing to subcontractors in support services, such as customer service, is permitted. All other use case categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
This statement does not prevent the limited use of information by vendors that support communications requested from Stuart Dental Spa, provided they use the information only to deliver those services and subject to applicable privacy safeguards.
Healthcare information and our Notice of Privacy Practices
This website Privacy Policy does not replace our Notice of Privacy Practices. Information that constitutes protected health information is governed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, other applicable health-privacy laws, and our Notice of Privacy Practices. If this Privacy Policy and our Notice of Privacy Practices apply differently to protected health information, the Notice of Privacy Practices controls.
You may review the practice's Notice of Privacy Practices online. The Notice explains how protected health information may be used or disclosed and how you can exercise applicable rights.
Submitting a website or social-media form does not create a dentist-patient relationship, schedule an appointment, or guarantee an appointment.
Facebook and Instagram contact forms
If you submit a Stuart Dental Spa form on Facebook or Instagram, Meta also processes information under its own terms and privacy policy. We receive the fields displayed in that form after you submit it. Do not use a social-media form to send detailed health, insurance, payment, emergency, or child information. Review the questions and permissions shown in the form before submitting it.
Communications and your choices
When you ask us to contact you, we may respond using the channel and contact information covered by your request. A request for one call or email does not by itself enroll you in recurring automated marketing messages.
If we later offer optional automated text messages or marketing communications, we will request any consent required for the specific channel and purpose. Where applicable, you may withdraw consent or request that communications stop by using the instructions in the message or by contacting us. We will honor applicable opt-out and do-not-contact requirements.
Please do not send sensitive health, insurance, or payment information by ordinary email or text. Call us for instructions on an appropriate communication method.
Cookies and analytics
We may use essential cookies and analytics tools, including Google Analytics, to understand aggregate website traffic and improve the site. These tools may receive device and usage data under their own terms. We do not intentionally configure information entered into patient inquiry or appointment form fields to be sent to analytics or advertising platforms.
For more information about cookies and the tools used on this website, review our Cookie Policy.
You can adjust cookie permissions through your browser. Blocking some cookies may affect site functions. Browser privacy controls do not replace a request to our office about information you submitted directly.
Data retention
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to maintain required business or healthcare records, to honor communication preferences, to resolve disputes, and to comply with applicable law. Retention periods vary by record type and legal obligation. We delete or de-identify information when it is no longer required, subject to legal, clinical, security, backup, and recordkeeping obligations.
Security
We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect information. No website, email, social-media platform, or electronic system can be guaranteed completely secure. If you believe information you submitted to us may have been accessed or disclosed improperly, contact us promptly using the information below. Do not include additional sensitive information in your initial email.
Children's privacy
Our general website and social-media contact forms are intended for adults and are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly ask a child to submit personal information through a general contact form. A parent or legal guardian seeking information for a child should call the office at (772) 287-2338.
External links
Our website may link to websites and services that we do not control. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies. Review those policies before providing information.
Your requests
You may contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information, or to ask how information is handled. Some requests may be limited by identity-verification, healthcare-record, legal, security, and recordkeeping requirements. Rights concerning protected health information are described in our Notice of Privacy Practices.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our practices, services, or legal obligations change. We will post the updated policy on this page and revise the effective date. Material changes will be communicated when required by law.
Contact us
Stuart Dental Spa
R. Anthony Matheny, D.D.S., P.A.
725 SE Osceola St, Suite 1
Stuart, FL 34994
Phone: (772) 287-2338
Email: stuartdentalspa1@gmail.com
Please do not include sensitive health, insurance, or payment information in ordinary email. Call the office for instructions on an appropriate communication method.