PURPOSE: To establish procedures for delivery of dental services to offenders. APPLICABILITY: Suffolk, South Bay Department of Corrections (DOC) facility dental clinic. POLICY: A Massachusetts-licensed dentist will provide and/or direct responsive, clinically appropriate emergency and urgent dental care to offenders. Access is accomplished via examination, referral, sick call, security, severity, time of day, staffing and offender cooperation and consent are taken into consideration. Routine dental care will be provided as availability permits. To the fullest extent possible in the correctional facility environment, the following apply: A. Dental screening will be completed at intake “Intake Screening” and “Health Screenings and Full Health Appraisals.” 1. Oral/Dental Status B. A department dentist will complete an Annual Dental Exam within 120 days of intake into the DOC for all offenders who: 1. Have not had a Annual Dental Exam within the past three years (prior incarceration); and 2. Have a sentence of at least 12 months. This does not apply to new intakes. C. The attending dentist will prioritize treatment based on six levels of dental care. 1. Emergency dental care - level 1. All offenders have access to emergency care at any time through staff referral and proper use of sick call. 2. Urgent dental care - level 2. Urgent care needs are prioritized for treatment contingent upon a department dentist’s authorization and appointment availability. Level 2 care is available to all offenders regardless of time served. 3. Routine dental care restorative - level 3. Care provided as availability permits. Level 3 care ... ... middle of paper ... ...a certain disorder will be unclear or when it is not appropriate to apply the levels of care to an individual offender. Exceptions are subject to review. REVIEW: Annually REFERENCES: ACA Standards 4-4360, 4-4365, 4-4362, 4-4347, 4-4351, 4-4397, 3-JTS-4C-12, 3-JTS-4C-22, 3-JTS-4C-24-3, 3-JTS-4C-27, 3-JTS-4C-44, 1-ABC-4E-05, 1-ABC-4E-10, 1-ABC-4E-20, 1-ABC-4E-23, 1-ABC-4E-28, 1-ABC-4E-38, 1-ABC-4E-48. Forms: Adult Pulpotomy Post Op Instructions Brief Oral Health Status Examination Dental Hygiene Instructions- English Dental Hygiene Instructions- Spanish TMJD Seft Test, Simple Self Care Management Techniques Post- Operative Instructions- After Wisdom Tooth Removal Post- Operative Instructions- After a Single Tooth Extraction Annual Dental Exam (ADE)
Please describe a time when you performed a thorough head, neck and oral exam and the findings had a significant impact on how you proceeded with the dental hygiene process of care.
The office was presented with a shy, eight-year old girl, who was a new pediatric patient scheduled for a routine dental prophylaxis with a dental hygienist. During the oral exam, the dental hygienist noticed that her maxillary central incisors were fractured due to a previous accident on her bike. Being it was a new patient with no recorded history, the incident should be recorded and dated with as many details and findings as possible. Due to her age and the type of accident, it is a very believable story especially since this was the first visit to the office and there were no other incidents recorded.
For each client I collect several different assessments to help determine a diagnosis and individualized care plans. First, I start with assessing their oral hygiene routine and get a general idea of how important oral hygiene is to the client. After this, I preform an oral cancer screening to make sure all soft tissues appear normal. Next, I preform an assessment of the periodontal tissue color, contour and texture as well as recording a periodontal chart. Once all this information is gathered we take a look at all the information and determine a diagnosis. Then, we set goals and select appropriate interventions
The dentist will review your general medical history as well as your dental history and examine your oral cavity properly and in great detail. He/she will also check your bite and also take the appropriate x-rays. All these are aimed to determine if you require treatment.
In the Dental Hygiene field, many challenges come about every day and during different situations. Every day there are new challenges and unusual situations that occur in the dental field, but one challenge that continues to come about and has been a big dispute over the years is the ability to provide beneficial information about oral health care for the underprivileged. For the individuals that are not fortunate enough to pay to have services done in the dental office, lack the knowledge of how important good oral health care is. They do not receive the one on one conversations explaining the significance of taking care of your teeth and gums that the patients who can afford to make appointments and receive essential services do. That
For a variety of reasons, many inmates do not seek diagnosis or treatment for illness before arriving to prison or jail. Because inmates are literally a “captive” audience, it is vastly more efficient and effective to screen and treat them while incarcerated than to conduct extensive outreach in local communities. (AIDS Weekly. 1998) Uninfected prisoners have sued the authorities for failing to test and segregate. In a recently reported case, Cameron v. Metcuz 705 F. Supp 454 (N.D. Ind 1989), an uninfected plaintiff prisoner sued prison authorities for failing to segregate a known infected prisoner with a violent history who had bitten the plaintiff. In that case, the court found that the authorities’ failure to segregate a known infected prisoner with a violent history did not amount to gross negligence or reckless indifference to the prisoner who was bitten. (Mead. Vol. 15 no. 5, pp. 197-9).
2. The effects of dental anxiety and irregular attendance on referral for dental treatment under sedation within the National Health Service in London. Milgrom P, Newton JT, Boyle C, Heaton LJ, Donaldson N.
A part of Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA) mandates that imprisoned persons must be provided with essential health care conforming to professional practices.1
During my high school days, I had an opportunity to visit the dental office frequently accompanying my mother. Her appreciation for the dentist and impressive outcomes inadvertently augmented my interest in dentistry, resulting in the decision to pursue
Dental schools often look for new students with a high GPA, excellent recommendations, and a high score on the Dental Acceptance Test taken in junior year of college. Dental school provides class courses such as anatomy, microbiology, biochemistry, physiology, clinical sciences, and laboratory techniques. When taking these courses, students learn local anesthesia, periodontology, or they learn the study of oral disease, health, and radiology.The first two years of dental school are typically dedicated to learning the pri...
The first dental visit will be a successful one with proper preparation and by taking special care on the day of the
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AS a dentist one should be strongly determined to devote selflessly for the betterment of mankind .Patient usuall...
The mains needs found in both the previous projects comprised of care for residents with dementia and uncooperative residents, more training for oral assessments, education with denture care and provision of preventative oral hygiene care