Dental Care: Emergency Dental Clinic

toothache or other dental emergency after-hours? In most places, you're out of luck. Now, that's changing. In December, a Fletcher Place dentist opened what she believes is the nation's first 24-hour, walk-in dental clinic. Dr. Shirley Ferreira The medical and dental care provided by Health and Hope impacts our community With greater support of nonprofits like Health and Hope clinic, we can reduce the 4,373 emergency room visits that the Florida Public Health Institute recorded in 2012 But when it comes to a dental emergency at midnight, there is no facility available at most of the places. In order to tackle this problem, a Fletcher Place dentist has opened dental clinic and according to her, it is the nation's first 24-hour dental clinic. could potentially help emergency rooms and patients in the long run. Medicaid and insurance is accepted at the 24 Hour Dental Care location but some sort of payment is required before treatment. They also offer a dental discount plan for patients. Tempe Dental Care's Continuing Care Dental Membership program has been successful in helping offset some of the dental costs for enrolled uninsured patients. Dental problems are leading cause of emergency room visits, missed work, and school absences. The idea for the clinic on Sixth Street in Branson came from emergency room statistics at Cox Hospital in Branson. Some 1,400 patients walked in looking for emergency dental work in 2013 alone, prompting the Skaggs Foundation to seek out a grant and .

emergency services and restorative work. CAA Health, Behavioral Health and Dental Centers is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that provides comprehensive, affordable primary care and preventative care to patients of all ages regardless of their citing statistics that show that every one dollar spent now on preventive child dental care saves $50 later in emergency dental care and restorative treatments. Hurrell was among a team of dentists and dental assistants who made the educational rounds last But nearly 60 percent of these children are unable to get any dental care because of the state government’s history Patients frequently show up in the emergency room for treatment – at a tremendously higher cost to the state and taxpayers. Even so, she’s the ideal patient for 24 Hour Dental Care, an upstart downtown dental practice offering just what the name of the business implies — round-the-clock emergency oral care. The new concept is so unusual that the Indiana Dental Association .