You can familiarize yourself with our clinic's policies outlined below.

健康保险流通与责任法案政策

As a PCC 口腔卫生 patient, your privacy will be respected at all times. 我们练习 the following measures to ensure your privacy:

  • Your charts will not be removed from the clinic facility.
  • Charts will only be reviewed in the Clinic Office, Clinic Operatories, and Radiology Operatories
  • Your information, without the use of your name, may be used for case presentation 以及教育目的.
  • Your photographs may be used for teaching purposes, but only with your written permission.
  • No conversations regarding your name and/or your dental or medical conditions will occur outside of the PCC Clinic, Clinic Office, or Radiography Operatories.

Before receiving treatment, you will be asked to sign a form indicating that you have been given a copy of the 口腔卫生 Program 健康保险流通与责任法案政策 and understand the policy.

服务 & 政策

The PCC 口腔卫生诊所 is a limited service teaching institution. 口腔卫生 students provide the following dental hygiene services, which are defined as dental hygiene duties in the California State Dental Practice Act.

在牙医的监督下:

A patient screening examination consists of an evaluation of your medical and dental history and preliminary periodontal examination (probing and exploring). 筛选 evaluations are all done under the direct supervision of a member of the faculty. The results of this screening, including your dental hygiene needs as determined by the student and faculty, will be discussed with you.

Please note that the dental hygiene screening examination is not a complete dental 卫生或牙科检查.You are still responsible for visiting your 牙医 定期牙科检查. Our screening examination doesn’t guarantee your 任何形式的治疗.

If you are eligible to be seen in the 口腔卫生诊所, you will be required to comply with the established clinic policies. 我们会收取标准费用 for service on the first day of treatment. You will also be required to have a current 一套x光片. Current radiographs include a full-mouth 一套x光片 that were taken in the last three years or bitewings radiographs taken in the last year. If you have current radiographs, you will need to provide a copy before treatment. If you have not had any radiographs taken within the above guidelines, radiographs will be taken, and copies will be available to you for a minimal fee to take to your 牙医.

If you’re not eligible for treatment in the dental hygiene clinic, you will be provided with information about other methods of obtaining comprehensive dental care elsewhere.

诊所的政策

The PCC 口腔卫生诊所 is a teaching institution, and the licensed 牙医s and dental hygienists who teach in the clinic are employed to instruct dental hygiene PCC学生. Therefore, it is the policy of the dental hygiene 程序 to refer all patients to your 牙医 for at least one dental examination appointment per year. As a patient, you are expected to see a 牙医 when referred. 口腔卫生 Program may refuse treatment if you fail to follow PCC 口腔卫生 Policy.

The PCC 口腔卫生诊所 is a limited service clinic. 你有责任 returning to your 牙医’s office for an annual examination and/or recall appointment.

You will not be charged for second or subsequent appointments to complete your initial 治疗计划. If six months have elapsed since the beginning of the treatment, a new fee will be charged, and the appointment treated as a recall/recare. 所有的退款 必须在11:30之前完成吗.m. for the morning session, 3:30 pm for an afternoon session, and 8:00 pm for an evening session. 退款只能在当天进行 新利体育任命.

Be aware that we do not take insurance 计划s. 费用以现金或其他形式支付 只检查. 有关更多信息，请参阅我们的服务 & 政策页面.

不合规的病人

A non-compliant patient is those who don’t exhibit an interest in or cooperate in the maintenance of your oral health and/or the needs and policies of the dental hygiene 程序. If a patient’s non-compliance interferes with the student’s learning experience, the patient may be referred to another dental health care provider by the 程序 董事或指定董事.

Patient non-compliance includes but is not limited to:

  • Refusal to follow or complete the 治疗计划.
  • Behavior which interferes with the student’s learning.
  • Behavior which makes it impossible for the student to follow the prescribed treatment 计划.
  • 屡次迟到或错过约会. 如果你迟到了，你会被认为迟到了 than 30 minutes past the appointment time)
  • Have not seen your 牙医 at least once in the previous year.
  • Failure to provide the clinic with a current copy of your radiographs or refusing 需要拍x光片.