Exporting Mobile Dental Van To Australia And Africa

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The global population is expected to surge from the current (2016) 7.5 billion to 11.2 billion by 2100. The population of Nigeria is projected to surpass that of the United States of America by 2050, and join India and China as the three largest populated countries. The demand for mobile dental vans, trailers and other mobile clinics will increase proportionately to insure adequate dental care to the global community, especially in China, India and Africa. The future technological advances such as Uber type vehicles, flying gadgets (Drones) and robots may contribute to the dental and medical services. There are many facets of exporting Mobile Dental Vans and Trailers such as Containerized Ocean Freight Cargo Shipment and secure payment plan from the foreign buyers including the EXIM Bank Financial Services.

Research of Mobile Dental/Medical Clinic programs in Australia exposes some common reasons and objectives. Proximate statements below depicts many traits of the Mobile Dental Clinics.

  • Australian Mobile Dental care brings dental providers on site for oral health service to schools, corporate and aged care clients – we bring the dentists to you, maxim.
  • Diversity, community commitments, Innovations, Integrity and collaborations are the key words that define the many reasons for the Mobile Dental Clinics type dental care service.
  • Mobile Dental Vans bring compassionate and professional dental care in a comfortable and relaxed environment to improve poor dental health and to prevent serious health issues in the future.
  • Mobile Dental Vans also bring to various parts of Australia, access to service that would otherwise be inaccessible to many. Mobile Dental care solutions can also bring smiles to Australians that they can be proud of and individual dental treatment as well as careful diagnosis.
  • Some Australian businesses are using Mobile Dental Vans constructed with 3 dental surgeries, panoramic dental x-ray unit, sterilization room, bathroom facility, wheelchair lifts/access with patient comfort in mind and are equipped with IT capabilities allowing to perform common procedures same as in the traditional dental practice. These businesses also have to meet with the relevant Australian legislations, codes and guidelines.
  • The Australian State Dental Associations, Dental Hygienist Association and Oral Health Therapists Association are contributing to these efforts of providing dental care by mobile Dental Vans.
  • In parts of Australia dental service is made available to the rural communities by Mobile Dental Clinics in conjunction with aircrafts. All such organizations rely on donations, sponsorships and external sources of funds for the continuity and long term success.
  • It is estimated that by 2025 every home will have robots. The same robots can be designed to ascertain primary dental and medical services to the population surge expected by 2100.

Africa

  • Mobile Dental Clinics must be high quality and custom built specifically for use in the unique geographical locations in Africa. Even the African continent will have different requirements from the North to South and East to West. The rural outreach healthcare programs with their idiosyncrasies may require different Mobile Dental Van design criteria in south Africa compared to North Africa.
  • Rural areas with rough terrain may require platforms ranging from highly mobile 4X4 truck-based clinic to double expandable trailers. The larger trailer-based clinics may be more compatible for populated areas where they stay for a week to a month before moving to a new location. The smaller units built on a rugged 4 X 4 super duty truck chassis are required for superior mobility for the worst African roads. For the most remote patients, Hummer type Mobile Clinics can be built on a heavy duty 6wheel drive chassis for traverse trails with unreliable roads. Many parts of Africa require engines designed to operate on high Sulfur diesel fuel.
  • All the Mobile Clinics for Africa and smaller regions globally can be out fitted with a satellite communication system for reliable internet services. The VOIP applications such as SKYPE, IMO, Waze can facilitate the proper functioning of the mobile clinics in the most remote areas. Solar powered hybrid mobile clinics technology can be applied for special needs in remote geographical regions.
  • Dentally underserved communities in southern Africa with geographical inaccessible, limited financial resources and lack of dental personnel are the main barriers to oral health care. Modified Mobile Trailers are instituted to achieve an enclosed area of 26.0’ x 29.5’ formed by deploying a cover system housed on top of the trailer to accommodate four fully equipped dental operatories.

Export Challenges:
There are many facets of exporting products, especially larger items like Mobile Dental Vans and Trailers. Generally, Ocean Cargo Containers are required to ship large items like Mobile Dental Vans & Trailers. The shipping containers are available in 20 ft., 40 ft., 45 ft., 48 ft., and 53 ft. lengths. Ocean freight containerized cargo companies are capable of delivering the cargo from door to door which means the cargo is picked up from the exporter’s facility and deliver to the buyer’s location. Export Payments are the crucial issues with all export transactions. Ranked in order from more secure for the exporter to least secure, the basic methods of payments are;

  • Cash in advance, such as the Bank Wire Transfer.
  • Letter of Credit
  • Documentary Collection or Draft.
  • Open Account implies Credit.
  • Other Payment Mechanisms, such as Consignment sales.

For Small Businesses, the first option of Bank Wire Transfer is the best method of payments.
For USA exporters, Export Import Bank (EXIM) which is an arm of the United States of America can help with the financial transactions. EXIM Bank has a process by which they can offer the buyer a Line of Credit and insure that the USA exporter would get paid.

Contact us at 586 917 0245 or email at kbconsultants1958@gmail.com for inquiries.

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Mobile Dental Vans: Planning Considerations and Productivity for the Next Generation

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According to the United Nations the world population is expected to reach from 7.5 billion (2016) to 11.2 billion in 2100. The global community will have to evolve to provide the basic dental and medical services to 3.7 billion more people by 2050. It will be a challenging undertaking considering the dismal state of the current global health care deficiencies. The fixed clinics in conjunction with the Mobile Dental and Medical Clinics may be a solution to fulfill the requirement of the multitude in 2100. The innovative technologies like Uber to Drone may be on the horizon to expand the health care service in the future.

Mobile medical and dental clinics will flourish in the future global market in conjunction with fixed conventional dental clinics.

According to a new United Nation DESA (Department of Economic and Social Affairs) report “World Population Prospects: The 2015 revision”, published in July 2015 projected that the current population of 7.5 billion is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100. During 2015-2050, half of the world’s population growth is expected to be concentrated in nine countries: India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Indonesia and Uganda, listed according to the size of their contribution to the total growth. The population of Nigeria is projected to surpass that of the United States by about 2050, at which point it would replace the United States of America as the third largest country in the world to join India and China. Australia’s population is projected to increase between 36.8 million and 48.3 million in 2061, and reach between 42.4 million and 70.1 million in 2101.

This report is intended to prognosticate the dental and medical providers and services that will be required to meet the predicted population trend between now (2016) and 2050. The conventional dental, medical and hospital establishments will have to innovate to meet those demands attributable to population surge globally. The conventional fixed clinics in conjunction with mobile clinics will be required to reach the patients to service them by implementing transportable containers, trailers, mobile coaches, semi-type trailers. These are also great venues for primary care, psychology, and other future medical needs.

The future technological events may offer new systems, processes or flying gadgets like drones to provide dental and medical services to the patients in the rural or city slums globally. But in the meantime the conventional fixed clinics in conjunction with Uber style mobile van clinics deserve research as a viable plan for the future health services.

The issues encountered in planning, implementation, ongoing costs and productivity are different for fixed clinics and mobile clinics, but both must be a perfect complement to an optimal health service success. As explained in the Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization, health is defined as a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Mobile Dental Van can have one operatory, but the two operatory van is the optimum method to support such a program: This type of operation can provide diagnostic, preventive, treatment procedures and oral education. But all such programs require external funding to remain financially solvent. Implementation and management of mobile dental vans program is complicated, but they provide an innovative solution to bringing clinical care to underserved children and when operated in conjunction with schools, nursing homes etc. can eliminate transportation problems and missed appointments.

Dental Clinic Cost Comparison for Conventional 3 Operatory Fixed & 2 Operatory Mobile Clinics

  • Total start up cost for the Conventional Fixed Dental 3 operatory clinic estimate is from $500,000.00 to $600,000.00. Mobile Dental Clinic start up cost for a 2 operatory mobile clinic estimate is from $350,000.00 to $450,000.00.
  • Total Annual operating cost for a 3 Operatory Fixed Dental Clinic estimate is from $275,000.00 to $325,000.00. 2 operatory Mobile Dental Clinic Total Annual Operating cost estimate is from $150,000.00 to $200,000.00.
  • Total first year cost estimate for a 3 Operatory Fixed Clinic is from $850,000.00 to $900,000.00. 2 operatory Mobile Dental Clinic Total First Year cost estimate is from $550,000.00 to $650,000.00.

Note that the Mobile Dental Clinic includes all of the dental equipment same as the fixed dental clinic. The cost information listed is for frame of reference.

To get further information regarding mobile medical vans, call us at +1 586 917 0245 or email us at sales@kbdentalconsulting.com

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Mobile Dental Vans and Volunteers Make A Difference

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Mobile Dental Vans (MDV) and Trailers, a method of providing dental service has been building a momentum as an alternative to fixed dental clinics. MDV were primarily used to serve hard to reach geographical areas in the rural or poverished communities. But in the recent past, the MDV are increasingly utilized even in the major metropolis like Mumbai in India, San Francisco, Chicago, and various other cities around the world. A cadre of dentists, hygienists, graduating dental students, dental assistants, local communities, hospitals, volunteers, government entities, financial planners and social workers can contribute towards the successful Mobile Dental Van programs.

It is well established that mobile Dental Vans can help reach the underserved and also be cost competitive for the providers and patients. The Mobile Dental Clinics can reach more people in a vast geographical area compared with fixed dental clinics. Government entities, dental colleges and even private dental professionals can utilize the Mobile Dental Coaches or Trailers to serve the underserved or rural areas at an affordable cost.

MDV can overcome Cultural barriers to dental care, lack of transportation facility and lack of physical strength to reach fixed clinic School based dental diagnostic services can be very effective for children located in underserved rural geographical areas hard to reach. Populated countries like India and China can benefit by offering basic dental preventive services to their population located in rural and major metropolis. The goal of these countries can be to maintain physical health of their population by focusing on basic dental treatment as dental health contributes to better medical health of their citizens. It is interesting to note that a team of dentists based in Chicago, is in the process of acquiring a Mobile Dental Van to provide dental services to patients in the south side of Chicago. This team of dentists has come to the conclusion that Moible Dental Vans are a better option to their fixed dental clinics in this underserved area of the major metropolis Chicago.

The elderly, homeless, low income families, and hard to reach populations can be ideally served by a Mobile Dental Van and the providers from the government institutions, dental colleges, non profitable and private dental professionals.

In India primary health care services in the rural areas are provided with Mobile Medical Units. Preventive dental services are generally cost effective with the Mobile Dental Van. Other dental services such as restorative and more complex procedures may be done at the fixed dental clinics.

Volunteers and senior students from dental colleges are the best options to set up a non profit Mobile Dental Clinic service or a low cost dental service for patients. Some dental professionals may be receptive to donate their time to help provide dental service for the MDV program. Community volunteers can be a good source to help with business issues, clerical, marketing and even occasionally assisting dentists in crutch situations.

Generally, it is best to select a few communities to serve and provide dental services including basic medical help, oral/medical counselling and education. Each community will have elderly patients who can also volunteer for the success of the program. Volunteers can be very useful in planning health care objectives for the Elderly, school aged children, nursing homes, under served population, new immigrats and more. These objectives will determine the need for oral/medical education, the type of dental/medical services needed and subsequent maintenance. Volunteer financial planners can keep the entire operation viable for long term services and tweak the process as necessary for efficient ongoing operation.

Contact us at kbconsultants1958@gmail.com for help or Price Quotation including a CAD Drawings, Pictures & Terms for Mobile Dental Coach and Trailers.586-917-0245.

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How Mobile Dental Van Helps Nursing And Retirement Home

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Some of the health problems for the elderly can be addressed by creating a Mobile Dental Service. The solution for the medical & dental issues are already achieved by countries like U.K. and Canada with legislation mandating universal health care. Development of a Geriatric dentistry program can be very challenging because the elderly patient population is equally challenging. The major justification for a Mobile Dental Clinic Service Program is the difficulty experienced by the elderly to obtain dental service. In the world where the dentistry is powered by Sick-Care instead of preventive care and profit motive practices, it is clear that the dental care of the geriatric patients is scarce.

Geriatric patients have very basic dental needs such as the ability to eat and preserve oral health to maintain a reasonable quality of life. Patients aged 80 years & older need their teeth cleaned, filled, repair dentures or bridges. Elderly patients may be dealing with medical conditions like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, eye issues & more. This prevents them from adding Dental Health to their health priority list. The Dental & Medical Health problems are compounded for the elderly because they are less mobile. Their health insurance may have ended when they retired.

Development of geriatric dentistry programs can be very challenging because the patient population is equally challenging. This program requires a mobile dental van equipped with at least two treatment rooms, X-Ray system, Dental chairs, Vacuum Pump, Air Compressor, Autoclave, along with a Dentist, Hygienist and the Dental Supplies. The program also requires staff who has interest & expertise and graduating Dental Students fit this role adequately.

Mobile Dental Clinics are suitable for Nursing Homes, Rural remote areas & Geriatric service for Patients in assisted living. The need in the Nursing & Retirement homes is too large compared to the dental services available to meet the need. How to make Mobile Dental Coach/Trailer service to the Nursing or Retirement homes as efficient as possible? Besides a fully functional and Self Contained mobile Dental Van, Primary staff, Qualified clinicians, Assistants, Hygienists, Outreach Coordinators, Relationship person and Social workers are required for the success of such a program for the Nursing & Retirement homes. A combination of dental education & treatment for the elderly patients can reduce the overall cost for the insurance companies and tax payers for the Medicaid type programs. Once the cavities have been attended to, and bad oral health habits addressed, subsequent visits for cleanings & checkups generally cost less.

Obviously, some of the health problems for the elderly can be addressed by creating a Mobile Dental Service by Non Profit Organizations by investing in the Mobile Dental Coaches & Dental equipment but these are insufficient for the total elderly population globally and it fails to get the root cause of the issue. The solution for the Medical & Dental issue for the elderly is already achieved by the countries like U.K., Canada, Israel, France, Germany to name a few. In fact there are over 50 counties with legislation mandating Universal Health Care. Senator Bernie Sanders, a 2016 Presidential Candidate is promising an Universal Health Coverage in the United States. This type of coverage should help, especially the elderly to maintain their Dental & Physical Health in their homes or assisted living residence.

The major justification for a Mobil Dental Clinic service program is the difficulty experienced by the elderly with special needs living in assisted residence such as Nursing or Retirement homes to obtain dental service. While access to dental care is a problem for many people with special needs, it is exacerbated in the rural areas where there are fewer dentists, fewer specialized dental resources where travel distances are much greater than in major Metropolitan areas. A Mobile Dental Clinic program is specifically designed to allow a smaller number of dentists to reach elderly patient located over a much larger geographical area than would be possible with a fixed facility. The Mobile Dental Clinic Service is an innovative approach for bringing dental service to elderly people who would not otherwise receive dental care.

For many countries globally, Dentistry is powered by Sick-Care instead of Preventive Care, and Profit-motive business practices involving greed. The future of dentistry needs to change globally. Dental professionals, assistants and dental colleges should emphasize relationships between oral health, mental health, medical diseases and emotional issues. A dental practice with the fundamentals in diagnosis, oral health, oral health education, longevity and disease control replacing find-and-fix with cognitive skills.

Contact us at kbconsultants1958@gmail.com for help or a Price Quotation including a CAD Drawing & Terms for Mobile Dental Coach and Trailer.

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