Denplan Excel for Children
The following section outlines the specific tools that you and your practice
will receive once you are accredited on the Denplan Excel for Children
Programme.
As well as the components you receive when joining the Denplan Excel
Accreditation Programme; Denplan Quality Programme, Business Development
Patient Survey and Patient Information, you will have access to the
following additional tools specifically focused on children's oral
healthcare.
These tools have been developed with leading international paediatric dental
specialists and are designed for you, your younger patients and their
parents.
Oral Health Score for Children©
The children's version of the Oral Heath Score for Children© is also an
innovative methodology for reviewing the oral health of your younger
patient's teeth and mouth, giving you a consistent base against which you
can measure the effectiveness of your care over time.
The system acts as a prompt for you to undertake a defined assessment of
your younger patients' mouths. The oral assessment looks at eight factors:
- active caries
- oral cleanliness
- gingival health
- erosion
- trauma
- malocclusion
- aesthetics
- sepsis.
These factors are weighted in three bands according to the younger
patients' age:
- 0 to 5 years
- 6 to 11 years
- 12 to 18 years.
Denplan provides you with special Oral Health Score for Children©
training and specific materials when you join the programme.
Oral Wellbeing Score for Children©
As well as clinical data, the Oral Health Score for Children© is
complemented with an Oral Wellbeing Score for Children©. It
focuses on your younger patients' or their parents' perceptions of their
oral health and their willingness to adopt good oral health behaviours.
The Oral Wellbeing Score for Children© is completed by the
patient and / or the parent, depending on their age, in reception before
their appointment with the dentist.
The system acts as a prompt for patients and/or their parents to really
think about how they feel about their oral healthcare. It is included on the
same sheet as the Oral Health Score for Children© and looks at four factors:
- dental anxiety
- dental health awareness
- dental health quality of life
- dental health confidence.
The Oral Wellbeing Score for Children© follows the same age
bands as the Oral Health Score for Children©:
- 0 to 5 years
- 6 to 11 years
- 12 to 18 years.
The Oral Wellbeing Score for Children© and the Oral Health Score
for Children© can be easily communicated to the parent and / or
the child patient in a way that can be easily understood and therefore hold
meaning, helping the communication process.
Benefits for your practice
- provides demonstrable differences between previous NHS child oral care
and private child oral care
- provides a powerful tool for helping younger patients understand and
value their care
- provides a consistent approach to patient examinations, improving
accuracy over time 12
- simplifies monitoring and audit of individual patients, or groups of
patients, allowing you to assess the effectiveness of the care provided
- improves relationships with your younger patients through better
communication and greater involvement in their oral health.
Benefits for your patients
- focuses on more factors than solely the presence, or absence of caries
- enhances understanding of the examination process and its objectives
- motivates patients to maintain and improve their oral health over time
- makes younger patients and their parents feel more consulted and
involved in deciding on care and treatments that meet their needs and
fulfill their desires
- improves the younger patients' relationship with you through better
communication and greater involvement in their oral health.
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New for 2008! The Denplan Excel for Children plan is now available.