I Heart Mobile Dentistry

dialogue | support | collaborate | lead it’s time. can you feel it? a paradigm shift is happening across the world where mobile “anything” goes—mobile phones, tiny mobile houses, mobile healthcare, and even mobile dentistry. though mostly limited to the public health arena in the past, mobile dentistry has developing a significant role in for-profit organizations and will play an even greater role in the future—hub and spoke business models, remote and satellite locations, traveling teams, and more. the outdated "dental home" model of care—which is typically meant as a patient receiving services from a single provider in a fixed location—is now being replaced by the current "dental relationship.” in this model, providers use tools like teledentistry, portable dental units, and mobile vans to offer services to patients where they eat, sleep, work, learn, play, or pray. up until and including now, the journey of a mobile dental professional has certainly not been glamorous and is oft