Bright, colorful, functioning dental office, van on wheels, brings hope and resources resulting in bright white teeth & smiles for an entire community. Roaming Dental Van Service Programs are a good start to treat children with decaying teeth and intense pain. These children will grow up with less dental issues and proven better overall health as a child and into adulthood. This Community wide mobile dental preventive service can reduce the overall burden on the hospital emergency facilities and financial cost to a society as a whole.

Patients in Rural Areas receiving dental care would agree that the lack of dental care affected their smiles. Conversely, the availability of such dental care would improve their smile, confidence and health. Early Dental Care will also alleviate fear of the dentist, needles and various dental instruments. Lack of education, a diet heavy in fruit juices, soda and a lack of dental hygiene will cause dental deficiencies which could cause bad teeth and resulting poor smile. Programs from Colgate “Bright Smiles, Bright Futures” are bringing education & smiles to children in need worldwide. Colgate Dental Mobile Vans & partnerships with Governments , Schools & communities provide free dental cleaning & oral health education to children and families in numerous countries contributing to their healthy smiles. Organizations like Blue Cross Blue Shield, Tooth Fairy & United Ways also sponsor Dental Care programs contributing to more smiles. Mobile Dental Program provides free or low cost dental services to patients in the rural areas is a very practical plan. To promote a win-win situation, a “free” Mobile Dental Service patients can be charged $10 to $15 participation fees plus 5% to 10% of the cost of the dental work performed. This type of participation may create a qualified patients pool serious about their dental health. Bright color dental van brings hope & resources resulting in bright smiles. No Bills or Low Cost will add to that Smile.

The following resources are available for those who wants to start a Mobile Dental Clinic Program or would like to research.

• American Journal of Public Health.
• National Dental association.
• Hispanic Dental association.
• American Dental association.
• The local State Department of Health such as Michigan Department of Health, New York Department of Health, Illinois Department of Health and more.
• Health Resources Service Administrations.
• American Academy of Pediatric dentistry.
• Medicaid provides dental care for low income children. Medicaid can cover dental coverage for adults as an option.

What is required to initiate a Mobile Dental Service?
Dental Office on Wheels is like an Ice Cream Store on Wheels. You are not selling Ice Cream but giving away Dental Services to those in Needs, practically from Door to Door. It must be a Functioning Dental Office on Wheels. The Mobile Dental Clinic is equipped with at least 2 Exam Chairs and Staff with ability to perform any services normally provided in an immovable Dental Facility that can be performed right where Patients are. It is ideal if the dental services provided includes Fluoride Treatments, Sealants, Cleaning, Extractions, Bridges, Dentures, Prosthesis, Restorations, Fillings, Crowns at a small or no fees. All the Dental equipment such as Intraoral & Extra oral X-Rays, Autoclave, Ultrasonic Cleaner, Vacuum Pump, Air Compressor, Hand Instruments, and Dental Supplies must be available in the Van.

The Mobile Dental Clinics can cost from $200,000.00 to a million dollars depending on number of patient rooms, size of the Unit and Custom built features. The refurbished Dental Mobile Coaches and Trailers are fraction of the new unit.
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The Goal of your mobile Dental Clinic should be to provide Service to Patients who can’t find dental care elsewhere. Pediatric Dentists are very limited to contribute to the free or low cost Dental Service. For Children, tooth decay and the resulting pain is the most challenging issue for providers. To provide a preventive dental care to children is a good start to attack the chronic dental diseases for the adult population globally. Roaming Dental Care vans can be a solution by servicing children with decaying teeth and in intense pain. This involves assistance from Dentists, Hygienists, Dental Students, Dental assistants, Teachers & Community Members. This is best for the Community. Unfortunately, Dental Programs are the first ones to go, in times of recession as such connections with organizations serving those in need thru various advocate health care hospitals are crucial.

Obstacles to receiving Dental service are numerous. Accessible Geographical location, Fear of dentist, Dental Pain, Needles, Structural issues to name the few. Alternate, emergency hospital visits are cumbersome from the cost and transportation issues. Mobile Dental Service Programs for the uninsured adults & especially children can reduce the overall burden on the hospital emergency facilities & cost to the society as a whole.

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This article was jointly authorized by Kirit Bhatt and Mike Dobbins. Kirit had owned a Dental Supplies & Equipment Business for over 26 years marketing Dental Products, Ergonomic Dental WORKSTATIONS and Mobile Coaches/Trailers Globally. Mike has owned a Mobile Coaches/Trailers manufacturing company to sell/rent the mobile units Globally.