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More than 51 million school hours are lost each and every year to dental illness. According to the Surgeon General's most recent report on Oral Health in America, tooth decay is the single most common chronic childhood disease.
Ocean Dental is committed to improving access to quality dental care for children and adults in underserved communities across the nation.
Our state-of-the-art clinics are designed to create a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere. All Ocean Dental clinics have a colorful ocean theme, an interactive play area for children, flat screen TVs in our comfortable waiting rooms and televisions above every dental chair.
Patient satisfaction is one of our top priorities. Ocean Dental is staffed with a hand-picked team of professionals to offer you the high quality dental care you need and deserve. Our highly skilled doctors and friendly staff help to provide a more positive experience for our patient.
To date, Ocean Dental has operating clinics in eight states, totaling 32 clinics collectively.
Ocean Dental believes the type of payment should never dictate the availability of quality dental care.
Tooth decay is the single most common chronic childhood disease, declares the Surgeon General?s May 2000 report on Oral Health in America. In fact, children from low-income families suffer twice as many cavities as their more affluent peers, and their disease is more likely to go untreated.
These findings, along with limited access to care, were key factors in Ocean Dental?s decision to accept Medicaid. The initial response to Medicaid acceptance was overwhelming and far-reaching. Fee-for-service clinics accepting Medicaid are often limited by the extensive financial and scheduling complications presented when processing Medicaid patients. Because the Ocean Dental system is built on a Medicaid model, our clinics are able to provide high quality dental care to the most underserved socioeconomic group in the country.
Ocean Dental provides free programs involving dental screenings and oral hygiene instruction. To date, Ocean Dental has given this cost-free service to over 54,000 children and young adults. This number includes children in more than 100 public schools and over 60 daycares, Head Start and Early Head Start programs. With the overwhelming success of this program, Ocean Dental is energized and gearing up to provide information and instruction to even more children in the future.