Routine & Preventative Care
Dental at Home are advocates of prevention being better than the cure. We offer a range of preventative dental treatments, therapies and diagnostic services that help you keep on track with your oral health.
Hygiene – Gum and Teeth Cleaning
Thorough teeth and gum cleaning is an area of great pride for Dental at Home. Our skilled Hygienists and Therapists go above and beyond to give you a gentle but meticulous clean every time.
Mobile XRAY and Diagnostic Imaging
A dental examination and assessment are not complete without proper imaging. Dental at Home has the latest in mobile x-ray technology and oral cameras to ensure you get comprehensive, safe and convenient care.
Dentures
Dentures still need regular care and attention due to shrinking gums and bacterial build up that adheres to material of which they are made from. Our practitioners are equipped to be able to routinely clean dentures, adjust them and apply new linings to fix ill-fitting dentures. We also have dental technicians that can repair broken dentures and fabricate new dentures if needed.
Restorative Dentistry
The goal of restorative dentistry is to repair teeth that have broken down or decayed and are no longer in their natural shape or form. We use a variety of materials to fill and restore teeth back to functional and esthetic state.
Surgical Care – Tooth extraction, Biopsies
Dental At Home have cultivated a knowledge of best practices over our years of service, enabling us to offer patients comfort and quality patient outcomes. Our teams is prepped to perform many of the most needed oral surgeries right there at the bedside of our patients.
Emergency Calls
Dental At Homes mission is to prevent the need for painful emergency dental treatment. However, we do offer this crucial service as we understand a patient experiencing tooth or gum pain has a dramatically reduced quality of life until the problem is addressed. Our phone lines are open 24/7 to assist anyone experiencing oral pain.
Ongoing Education
The best care for a healthy mouth is daily care, and Dental At Home helps staff take ownership with a commitment to ongoing education.We provide Inservice training to care staff, Registered nurses and family members on overall oral health, Oral Health Assessment Tool, strategies for oral care with person living with dementia, behaviors that can manifest due to oral pain and most importantly training around triggers that might prompt a dental referral. Our in services are facilitated by a registered dental practitioner, the training they provide is engaging and interactive in comparison to outdated videos on toothbrushing and denture care.
Reporting and Documentation
Every time we visit a facility, we document informative, compliant records of our visit and the patient’s file. We also send a summary of this information to persons responsible to keep them informed. You can trust that all documentation will be inline with the Age Care Quality Standards.