How can school-based dental sealant program staff address local dentists’ concerns that the program will be treating their patients?
Rather than decreasing the number of students seeking oral health services from private practices, school-based dental sealant programs offers an opportunity to increase local dentists’ patient base. As part of a program’s assessment process, students in need of follow-up care are identified and referred to dentists in private practice.
Related Questions
- School officials want to make school-based dental sealant program services available to all students in the school rather than to students in specific grades. How should program staff respond?
- How can school-based dental sealant program staff address local dentists’ concerns that the program will be treating their patients?
- How can school-based dental sealant program staff respond to dentists’ questions about sealing over incipient lesions (enamel caries)?
