Dental Chart Documentation Sample Clauses

Dental Chart Documentation. All notations concerning periodontal care will be made in a standardized MT DOC dental chart. Guidelines set forth by the MT DOC Guide to the Dental Chart will be utilized when documenting information in the dental chart. Part 5: Prosthetic Dental Care A. Removable dentures and Partial Dentures 1. Comprehensive Oral Examination or Periodic Oral Examination appointments. 2. Request for Medical Services – Dental (kite). The Inmate can request to be evaluated concerning need for new dental prosthetic devices or reline, repair or adjustment to existing dental prosthetic devises. B. Treatment – New Dental Prosthetic Devices. 1. Inmate will be evaluated for need and eligibility to receive a new dental prosthetic device. If eligible the Inmate will be placed on the appropriate dental treatment list. 2. The request will be prioritized depending on the number of functional teeth the Inmate has per dental arch and medical necessity. 3. The Inmates dental prosthetic devises will be started when they are in the top range of the treatment list. 4. Inmates coming into the secure facility without a denture or partial denture (who would qualify for a partial denture), including continuous time served in another MT DOC secure facility, would qualify for a complete or partial denture after 18 months of time served. 5. Inmates who have all required extractions completed will qualify for a complete or partial dentures after a 6-month healing period. This is the minimum time. In most cases, a longer time period will occur before the complete or partial dentures are constructed. 6. Inmates transferred to regional correctional facility or to Community Corrections facilities as Inmate Workers will continue to be tracked on the treatment list. Once the Inmate comes to the top of the treatment list arrangements should be made to have the dental prosthetic devise constructed and delivered. This could be provided by a community based dental or denturist clinic, a contract provider or transportation to the ▇▇▇▇▇ Diagnostic and Intake Unit (MDIU) for the construction and placement of the dental prosthetic devise. Once delivered and follow-up care is complete the Inmate can be returned. 7. Once the dental Prosthetic devises has been delivered, access to follow-up care must be provided.