Exceptional Dental Health Services Brought to You™ Lane A Benson, RDH, PHDHP Principal

Overview In private Periodontal practice for 30 years Board Certified as PHDHP 2010 Started business April 2011 Currently providing services to residents at 12 facilities

In May 2000 the United States Attorney General published a report titled Oral Health in America

He Called Oral Disease “The Silent Epidemic”

“1/3 of all adults never see a dentist; of those 100 million, 47 million live where access is difficult.” That number includes many retirement facilities throughout the US

The report linked diabetes, heart disease, stroke, pancreatic cancer, pneumonia and in some cases death to oral disease.

My license was in response to this report. Governor Ed Rendell signed into law that a PHDHP could see patients independently of a dentist

He felt more of the population would have access to convenient affordable dental health services

There are many ways to protect our overall health, certainly regular dental health checkups and cleanings is a proven one

Using state of the art portable equipment, I set up a dental room at each facility

I am able to provide on site dental health services. This eliminates the cost of transportation to dental visits and cuts down on the higher cost of private practice dentistry

Bedside care is routinely done in skilled nursing facilities where residents can be non ambulatory

Thank you for your interest