Healthcare Partners

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Why refer your patients to the Blende Dental Group?

We believe in helping our communities and supporting our neighbors as a vital healthcare resource for dental practices that can’t offer specialized services.

Our mission is to provide access to comprehensive dental care for patients with special needs, including those with physical, medical, or cognitive challenges.

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Our Partners

The healthcare community refers more than 60% of the patients we treat. These providers include dentists, physicians, care managers, and social workers with patients who require extensive treatment that we can deliver while they sleep, often in one visit with a follow up for routine care.

In every case, we collaborate with the referring healthcare partner and necessary specialists to determine an optimal treatment plan with predictable outcomes. Take a look at how we’re partnering with different providers and how we can help you.

Dentists and Hygienists

For referring dentists and hygienists, we provide the following services:

Return of patient to referring dental team for routine care
Full spectrum of sedation options, ranging from nitrous oxide to general anesthesia
Team of specialists, including endodontists, periodontists, oral surgeons and pediatric dentists
Same day treatment
Compassionate staff specifically trained to support special needs

Senior Communities

Some older adults have difficulty keeping up with their dental care due to a lack of mobility, more pressing medical concerns, or the limitations of a fixed income. But untreated periodontal disease and tooth decay will negatively impact their overall health. A dentist for seniors can help.

Patients’ families often ask us if it makes sense to invest in the teeth of a person in their 70s, 80s or 90s. We work with those families and their healthcare providers to match our treatment to the needs of each individual. Many people fail to realize that the oral health of seniors helps them to remain active and engaged in the full enjoyment of their lives. Strong teeth and gums improve speech, the enjoyment of food, and good conversation. Healthy teeth also facilitate digestion and deliver essential nutrients to the fragile systems of older adults. We work together with the patient’s family and healthcare team to determine the priorities for each individual.

Our oral health program for senior communities addresses their special needs.

Special Needs Services

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Our oral health program for senior communities addresses their special needs.

Mobile Dentistry

We offer house calls for those who are homebound, including on-demand treatment for dental emergencies even after hours and on weekends and holidays. Our portable equipment ensures that you or your loved ones can receive in-home dental care.

Dental Screenings

During in-home dental screenings, we quickly identify oral health problems including cavities, gum disease, and denture issues. In close collaboration with the families and caregivers, we treat the most pressing issues immediately, and schedule follow-up care as necessary.

Cleanings and Hygiene Services

Part of our oral care plan includes referring our patients to a mobile hygienist who is licensed to care for those with special needs.

This professional, called an RDHAP (Registered Dental Hygienist of Alternative Practice), provides in-home hygiene services at the community, including oral evaluations, professional cleanings, fluoride treatments and oral hygiene instruction.

Hospitals, Medical Doctors and Care Managers

Our team of dentists and dental assistants are on staff at hospitals across the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City. We partner with medical doctors and local hospitals, who call upon us to coordinate treatment in some of the following areas.

Emergency Department:

Jaw fractures and related facial reconstruction
Extractions and avulsed teeth
Biopsies, pathology, oral medicine
Dental pain
Airway obstruction

Oncology

Patients with head and neck cancer can reduce the possibility of post-radiation osteonecrosis by eliminating oral infection in the target zone prior to the initiation of radiation treatment.

Cardiology

Patients about to undergo certain types of cardiac surgery, especially valve replacements, benefit from addressing periodontal infection and dental abscesses prior to surgery, which reduces the risk of failure from infection.

Inpatient Calls

Hospitalists, internal medicine physicians, infection control physicians, and transplant surgeons rely on our dentists and oral surgeons to treat systemic infections on the floor. Services include portable digital x-rays, in-room dental hygiene, and in-room procedures, including extractions.

Our Collaborative Approach

We tailor our models of care to meet our patients’ individual needs.

For some patients, that involves palliative care to preserve their comfort. For others, it’s restorative care to help the patient continue socializing and enjoying meals. We take an interactive and patient-engaged approach, addressing the most urgent needs first.

In every step of the process, we communicate with all decision-makers, collaboratively addressing concerns from each perspective. This is integral to the development of all treatment plans. We proceed when all those involved are comfortable with each decision and with the overall plan for the patient’s dental care and well-being.

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Testimonials

Some Kind Words

As I was reading other reviews before my appointment, I realized that I was not Lorna’s only ‘star’ client. That’s OK. I still got high praise for my home care and...

Arnette Davis

CPMC Nurse and General Patient

I am beyond ecstatic with the services I received from the entire staff. My mother needed urgent surgery to treat her infection as she suffered a seizure on a Friday. The...

Taiko Hashimoto

Daughter of Emergency Patient who has dementia

When we first met, you told me that one of your goals was to return me to Dr. Barry in good working order. I believe that you have exceeded that goal!

Bill

Your generosity and skill and the sincerity and patience of your team has restored my health, my trust and my hope. With profound gratitude, Elizabeth