DENTAL HOME

The concept of DENTAL HOME originated from MEDICAL HOME. The dental home could increase the oppurtunities for preventive oral health services for children that can reduce disease disparities.
THE MEDICAL HOME CONCEPT
The health care of children of all ages is best managed when there is an established relationship between a practitioner who is familiar with the child and the child's family. The medical home becomes the place where a child receives preventive instruction, immunization, counseling and anticipatory guidance.
HOW A DENTAL HOME WOULD AFFECT CARE:
In 1999, Nowak described the term in relation to the desired recurrence of of preventive oral health supervisory services as propagated by the AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY .
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DENTAL HOME:
Although a dental home most often connotes to be a philosophy embraced by the dental practise. A practise that embraces a child early and continues to follow them periodically through life would be the ideal. The dental home begins in the office of the pediatric dentist and then move to that of a family dentist, once the child has matured and is more comfortable being treated by parents dentist. dental home should also provide a place for children to be treated in case of emergency, where parents can feel comfortable and not to have worry that the management of their child's oral emergencies would be minimal.