Comprehensive Care C Fal

Catalog description

Comprehensive care is defined as the overall patient care delivery system that includes all dental services, including emergency care, treatment planning, general dentistry, specialty care, new patient admissions and maintenance programs. The delivery of such care revolves around the Primary Care Unit (PCU) Program, in which the Departments of Restorative Dentistry and Periodontics participate. Pre-doctoral students practice within one of six clinical groups within the Penn School of Dental Medicine. Within each unit, the students perform examination and diagnostic procedures, comprehensive treatment planning, all restorative dental procedures, fixed and removable prosthodontic procedures, including implant supported restorations, non-surgical periodontal procedures, and maintenance therapy, Faculty from the Department of Periodontics are also assigned to the units. Patient care is supervised and managed by the faculty in the PCU Program. The PCU leader is the final determinant in all Treatment Plans, Procedures and referrals within the PCU group.