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Lutheran Medical Center Dental Medicine
150 55th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11220
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MARYLAND
Dental disease and lack of access to oral health care is one of the most critical health care issues on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Children living in the region have more dental disease than in any other area of the state. In 2005, a coalition of health organizations formed the Eastern Shore Children’s Regional Oral Health Consortium to address oral health access issues in the mid- and lower counties on the Shore, all designated Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas. Children who are pre-cooperative, have special health care needs, or have extensive dental disease requiring sedation, have to travel to Baltimore for dental care. As a result, an estimated one in five children attends school each day with dental pain.
Choptank Community Health Systems
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Maryland – Choptank Community Health Systems
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The Choptank Community Health System (CCHS) is a rural, private, non-profit community health center, which is accredited by The Joint Commission and by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association. The health system is composed of eight primary care offices including three dental offices serving the middle shore counties of Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot and surrounding areas. The system has over 140 staff.
CCHS health centers provide a full range of primary medical, dental, and behavioral health services in office, school, hospital, and migrant camp settings. CCHS is a participating provider with most major insurance companies and HMOs. In addition, a sliding fee scale is available for any patient without insurance. As a community health center, CCHS is able to use federal funding to expand current services and develop new programs to meet the health care needs in our area.
CCHS has strong academic partnerships with the University of Maryland Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and Dental Hygiene Program and the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health. Students from these schools frequently visit our offices for externships. We are proud of our Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program (AEGD) in partnership with Lutheran Medical Center.
The regional Area Health Education Center (AHEC) provides important support to the health center. The mission of the AHEC is to recruit and retain health care professionals to the region and build healthy communities through educational opportunities and collaborative partnerships. The center provides classrooms, a medical library, and assistance with interlibrary loans and literature searches. It also may assist with housing searches. CCHS has had a long-standing partnership with the Three Lower Counties Community Services. AEGD residents from both health center systems share class time and AHEC facilities.
Vision
Choptank Community Health System will be the health care provider of choice for area residents. Services will be provided by working both individually and in partnership with other health care and community organizations. We will be representative of the communities served, professionally and culturally competent, and committed to excellence.
Locations
There are three dental offices affiliated with Choptank.
- Cambridge, Maryland: a 7 chair office focused on pregnant women and pediatric dentistry
Children’s Dental Center
417 Academy St. Suite A
Cambridge, MA 24613
410-228-9381 - Federalsburg, Maryland: a 5 chair office and training site for student dentists from the University of Maryland and the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health
Federalsburg Medical & Dental Center
215 Bloomingdale Ave.
Federalsburg, MD 21632
410-754-7583 - Goldsboro, Maryland: a 7 chair private-practice model
Goldsboro Medical & Dental Center
316 Railroad Ave.
Goldsboro, MD 21636
410-482-2224
Dental Services
Within the CCHS mission of providing quality health care for all, the CCHS Oral Health Program desires to assure appropriate oral health care for all. The dental program is ten years old and provides preventive services in 30 public schools (fluoride treatments, dental sealants, and cleanings); restorative and surgical services in three offices; and general anesthesia/rehabilitative care for young children and those with special health care needs in the local hospital system.
While we are a community health center serving an underserved community with urgent oral health care needs, the focus of our clinical services is around emergency dental care, oral surgery, pediatric dentistry, and oral medicine. Our AEGD residents, however, also restore implants, and provide periodontal surgeries and endodontic and crown and bridge services. We focus on children who are uninsured or enrolled in HealthChoice.
Because of limited capacity and high demand for services the dental program prioritizes access to care for residents of the Mid-Shore: who are covered by Medical Assistance or are without insurance; are under 20 years old; women who are pregnant; and patients with medical conditions referred by their primary care physician for whom dental care is critical to the management of their health condition. The program is also available to individuals experiencing acute dental problems such as severe pain, fever, swelling, or recent injury. Access to emergency care is provided on a walk-in, open access basis.
About our Dental Facilities
The offices are modern and equipped with digital radiography and electronic health records. There are 19 state-of-the-art dental suites staffed by licensed dentists and dental hygienists, dental assistants, and support staff. CCHS partners with local community agencies (schools, health departments, Head Start, social services, and many others) to improve the community’s health. We collaborate with Shore Health System and Eastern Shore AHEC to provide hospital-based rehabilitative and restorative services for children. The organizations are members of CROC – Children’s Regional Oral Health Consortium.
About the Middle Shore Counties
The middle shore and southern counties of Maryland’s Eastern Shore are approximately 100 miles from Washington, DC and Baltimore. Philadelphia, Norfolk, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina are also within reasonable drives. The counties are tucked between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. This exquisite region hosts picturesque towns, wineries, boutiques, and is highly desirable as an idyllic residential and vacation region. There are hundreds upon hundreds of miles of shoreline, spectacular waterways, and wildlife management areas rich for birding and hunting, and picture postcard islands. From the lyrical sound of Tidewater English to the bounty of the Chesapeake Bay, crab festivals and Smith Island layer cake, the region is irresistible.
Three Lower Counties Health Center
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Maryland – Three Lower Counties Health Center
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Since 1994, Three Lower Counties Community Services, a community health center, has served Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester counties, the southernmost counties in Maryland. Three Lower Counties was established to provide primary medical and dental care to the tri-county area, but has since expanded to include mental health services and care to migrant workers and seasonal farm workers. The system uses an integrated, patient-oriented system of care that tracks patients through medical, mental health, and dental services.
The Three Lower Counties Dental Department is located in the town of Princess Anne and provides dental care for our entire community. Three Lower Counties maintains a variety of education partnerships that bring medical, nursing, physician assistant, and social work students to the center. Dental and dental hygiene students from the University of Maryland participate in externships at the center. AEGD residents from Lutheran Medical Center joined the staff in 2010. The health center and Choptank Community Health System in the Middle Shore counties have collaborated for many years.
The regional Area Health Education Center (AHEC) provides important support to the health center. The mission of the AHEC is to recruit and retain health care professionals to the region and build healthy communities through educational opportunities and collaborative partnerships. The center provides classrooms, a medical library, and assistance with interlibrary loans and literature searches. It also may assist with housing searches. The health center is located within 15 miles of two universities, Salisbury University and University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES). There are ample housing opportunities available; the region has a moderate cost of living.
Our Vision
The vision of TLCCS is to have a community that comes together in health, to eliminate the suffering of disease and social conditions of our neighbors by expanding service and decreasing disparities.
Location
12137 Elm Street
Princess Anne, MD 21853
Dental Services
Three Lower Counties primarily serves children with Medicaid, uninsured and under-insured adults, and pregnant women. It’s virtually the only provider for the indigent and medical assistance populations in the area. The health center offers comprehensive general and pediatric dentistry, basic periodontal services, oral and maxillofacial surgery, endodontics, and restoration of previously placed implants.
About Our Facilities
This state-of-the-art, all digital facility, which opened in 2010, has 27 chairs, six with nitrous oxide. The staff consists of six dentists, three dental hygienists, eight dental assistants, and administrative staff.
About the Southern Counties
The middle shore and southern counties of Maryland Eastern Shore are approximately 100 miles from Washington, DC and Baltimore. Philadelphia, Norfolk, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina are also within reasonable drives. The counties are tucked between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. This exquisite region hosts picturesque towns, wineries, boutiques, and is highly desirable as an idyllic residential and vacation region. There are hundreds upon hundreds of miles of shoreline, spectacular waterways, and wildlife management areas rich for birding and hunting, and picture postcard islands. From the lyrical sound of Tidewater English to the bounty of the Chesapeake Bay, crab festivals and Smith Island layer cake, the region is irresistible.