Denplan Excel for Children

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.

Denplan Excel for Children: 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.

Denplan Excel for Children: 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.