Frequently Asked Questions

Comprehensive general and restorative dental services to K-12 students.

Each mobile clinic has a licensed dentist, hygienist, dental assistant and patient advocate.

Examinations, Panorex & Bitewing Xrays, Prophylaxis (cleanings), Fluoride Treatment, Sealants, Pulp Treatments, Fillings, Root Canals and Extractions (since our focus is on long-term comprehensive care, we avoid extracting teeth unless there is no other alternative).

We only use the highest quality tooth-colored restorative materials (no silver fillings or stainless-steel crowns are used when treating our patients).

We never sedate or restrain our patients. Due to the nature of the environment, patients requiring sedation or significant behavior modification therapy are not treated in the mobile clinic (our experience has proven that less than 1% of our patients were untreatable in our facility, even though we do not use nitrous oxide or other sedatives).

As many visits as it takes to see all the children but not so much that we become a burden to the school staff.

We aim to see each child twice per year for all preventative needs (hygiene) and as many times as needed for all restorative issues.

We accept the following insurance plans: Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield State/Plus, Cigna, Delta Dental, Principal, United Concordia and South Carolina Medicaid.

It depends on your insurance. If your insurance requires a co-pay or deductible, you will be contacted prior to treatment being performed.

One week prior to each visit, the school nurse will receive a list of possible patients to be seen, which will be confirmed one day before the scheduled visit. 

After each visit, the school nurse will receive a copy of our “take-home" form that outlines services performed for each student that day and recommended follow up care. Each child receives a copy of the same form for their parent or guardian.

Patients needing follow-up care will be rescheduled for future regularly scheduled school visits. For any immediate needs, the patient can be brought to the school or location the following day or a subsequent day where the mobile clinic is in operation. Dental Access Carolina has an after-hours number to the Chief Dental Officer for further instructions.

Although their occurrence is rare, some risk and complications are known to be associated with dental or oral surgery procedures. The most common complications associated with pediatric dental treatment include nausea following the administration of topical fluoride and children biting and injuring their tongue or lip following the administration of local anesthesia. Other complications include, but are not limited to, numbness, infection, swilling, prolonged bleeding, discoloration, vomiting, allergic reactions, swallowing or aspiration of a crown form, an extracted tooth or gauze packing, injury to the tongue and/or lips, damage to and possible loss of existing teeth and/or restorations (fillings), injury to the nerves near the treatment site and fracture of the tooth root which may require additional surgery for its removal.