Rice Memorial Hospital - Willmar, MN Pediatric Dental Residency Rotation

Soraya BeiraghiProfessor and Director

Division of Pediatric DentistryDepartment of Developmental and Surgical Sciences

Address: 6-150 Moos Health Sciences Tower515 Delaware Street SEMinneapolis MN 55455 Phone: (612) 624-5997

Fax: (612) 626-2900E-mail: beira001@umn.edu

Contributor: Dr. Paul Schulz, DDS, MPHAssociate Clinical Specialist and Director

Mobile Dental ClinicOutreach

Department of Primary Dental Care

Rice Regional Dental Clinic – Willmar, MN

• 4 DDS students rotate through the dental clinic every 4 weeks.

• 1 DT student rotates through every 2 weeks.

• 2 DH students rotate through every 2 weeks.

• RRDC hours of operation: Pediatric Residents see patients 40% of the time.

• Rice Regional Dental clinic is a ten chair dental clinic located within Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minnesota.

• Target population is the 19-counties of west central and southwest Minnesota.

• Rural model for new dental team.

Patient Demographics (2010)Age Ranges

*All patients seen at RRDC (Willmar, MN) from January 1st, 2010—December 31st, 2010

• 0-14 (kids) 1611 (16%)• 15-19 (teen) 1166 11% • 20-29 2119 21% • 30-39 1811 18% • 40-49 1255 12% • 50-59 1094 11% • 60-69 681 7% • 70-79 246 2% • 80-89 175 2% • 90-99 76 1% • 100+ 3 0%

Patient Demographics (2010)

*All patients seen at RRDC (Willmar, MN) from January 1st, 2010—December 31st, 2010

• Native 63 (1%)• Asian 29 (0%) • Black 420 (4%)• Hispanic 2,133 (21%) • Pacific Is 18 (0%) • White 7,329 (72%) • Other 157 (2%) • Declined 23 (0% )

Treatment Totals for RRDC (2010)

• Total # of Patients Seen = 2,875• Total # of Patient Visits = 4,632• Total # of Pediatric Patients Seen = 1,611 • Total # of Clinical Procedures = 10,184

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Objective D – Pediatric Residency Hospital Externship Program: To expand the externship program of the pediatric residency training program at Rice Memorial Hospital Dental Clinic located in Willmar, Minnesota to include the provision of dental treatment under general anesthesia. New Activities Date Staff/

PartnersOutcomes Measures

1. Equip the Rice Memorial Hospital operating room with a dental delivery cart, a digital dental radiography system , and related items necessary for performing comprehensive diagnostic and restorative dental treatment under general anesthesia in the operating room.

January 2010

Beiraghi, Grothe, Schulz, Pediatric Dental Residents, Rice Memorial Hospital Medical, Dental, and Auxiliary and Allied staff.

Improved access to a higher level of pediatric dental care to the dentally underserved low income children who reside in Willmar, MN and the surrounding rural communities – allowing the establishment of local pediatric “dental home” for these children.

Increase in the University of Minnesota’s outreach commitment and access to specialty university resources.

Self-sufficiency in 3 years as due to generation of reimbursable dental fees.

# of pediatric patients with a “dental home”, # of pediatric patients treated under general anesthesia.