Anderson Dental Clinic/Implant Center

Anderson Dental Clinic/Implant Center is a part of Anderson Clinic.  The advantage of the affiliation is that our dentists have a chance to communicate with medical counterparts face to face and therefore take better care of patients with systemic diseases.  If Anderson Clinic has a plan to set up operating rooms, we would like to have ones ourselves with positive and negative pressure in case of coronavirus pandemic.

The goal of Dental Clinic is to operate the practice digitally as much as possible.  For example, a bilingual dental program will be used to make appointment, treatment plan and write note.  All of oral X-ray equipment will be digital (intraoral sensors, panoramic and CT

.  Impression for fabrication of dental restoration (crowns, bridges and denture) will be digital immediately or in the near future, depending upon budge.

The third feature of Dental Clinic is to apply the most advanced dental techniques and materials in the world to our daily practice.  Our staff will be trained bilingual and engaged in continued education, including telecommunication (Zoom) from USA.  The doctor will be sent to USA for training immediately post hiring.

For optimal economics, three staff members will be hired initially, a front desk, a dental assistant and a dentist.  The receptionist and assistant should have nursing background.  They will be trained simultaneously to have double duties.  There appear no dental assistant schools in China.

For efficiency, each dentist should be provided with 2 dental chairs, i.e., two treatment rooms.  The Clinic will have 4 chairs for a second dentist in the near future.  Two of the treatment rooms will be leaned surgical for dental implants.  A surgical station will be set up for pre-surgical hand wash.  In consistence with digital operation, a relatively large laboratory is needed for in house fabrication of surgical guide and ultimately milling of crowns and bridges.  On the other hand, staff lounge, laundry room and medical waste one could be shared with Anderson Clinic.

The first dentist will be hired for general dentistry, equivalent to PCP (primary care physician).  He or she will be responsible for all phases of dentistry from prevention to implant dentistry.  As practice evolves, more dentists will be employed involving endodontics, oral surgery, orthodontics, prosthodontics, pedodontics, et al.  Missing teeth is a disease as common as hypertension and diabetes, while the best treatment option is implant.

Dentistry seems to be less prevalent than medicine in modern China.  Common people do not have habit to see medical professionals on a regular basis.  To promote our clinic as well as Anderson Clinic, there should be a system to encourage residents in senior housing to visit Dental Clinic regularly.  Free dental examination (including blood pressure measurement to detect early hypertension and to refer the patient to the Headquarter immediately) and cleaning will be provided twice a year.  Dental problems can be found and treated accordingly.  Dental health is a part of general one.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 04/21/2020, last revision 04/25/2020