Families who used to take advantage of the Community Health Alliance's mobile dental program will be happy to hear that they are relaunching it.
In partnership with LIBERTY Dental Plan of Nevada, they'll provide comprehensive dental care to pediatric patients ages 20 and under.
People who have used this program in the past may remember when it initially had to shut down due to covid. But now after a three-year pause, they have relaunched it today and patients can receive the same services in their dental van that you'd get in a regular dental office.
Lisa Collier, Chief Dental Officer at Community Health Alliance, says, "Bringing these services back to where our patients need to be is what we're really excited about. We see kids aged 0 to 20 on the van and they really need these services, so to be able to provide them in a place that's convenient for them is really exciting."
Many routine dental services are offered, including oral hygiene instruction, even nutritional counseling to prevent or aid in fighting dental disease.
Collier says that dental care is really important for kids because poor oral hygiene can negatively affect them. She tells us that teaching children to brush and floss daily is the best way to help prevent any issues as well as eating healthy and avoiding sugary drinks.
The nonprofit says that their biggest goal is to maintain and ensure kids have healthy oral hygiene.
Collier says, "We see a lot of gingivitis, a lot of gum disease, a lot of cavities, sometimes those cavities are so big we have to remove teeth, sometimes we have to do things like baby root canals, so treating those kids, getting them out of pain and infection, that's our main goal."
Community Health Alliance accepts Medicaid, private insurance, and offers discounted services for uninsured patients. Appointments are preferred and walk-ins are welcomed.
