Category:Dental

The Dental Department provides a broad range of dental treatment services in Bethel including emergency services, preventive, and basic restorative services. In Bethel we are able to provide root canal treatment and selected cases. The Bethel clinic also provides crown, bridge, and denture services. As in any dental practice some complicated cases have to be referred to specialists. We now have 8 full time Dental Health Aide Therapists (DHATs) so all of the sub regional clinics have a full time DHAT who offers emergency, preventive, and basic restorative services. Our dentist and DHATs make periodic visits to all the 48 villages in the YK Delta.

Services in Bethel are provided in the Community Health Services Building (CHSB) dental clinic and in the YKDRH operating room. Community prevention projects are an important aspect of the program. The hours of operation are Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 12 p.m., 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Patients range in age from infants to elderly.

Walk-ins or emergency patients are assessed for their presenting chief complaint. Appointment patients are given an oral examination and x-rays. Based on these assessments, a treatment plan is developed for the patient.

The Dental Department is staffed with 13 full time dentists, 8 Dental Health Aide Therapists (Subregional Clinics based), 2 dental hygienists; 1 Primary Dental Health Aide coordinator, 8 Primary Dental Health Aides, 19 dental assistants; and 5 administration staff. A dentist is assigned to be "on call" for after hours emergencies (via the hospital ER).

Dentist do village clinic…..x per year