Wolf Creek Dental Services

The Contractor Dentist, Dental Hygienist and Dental Assistant shall provide dental care services for all students on Center, in accordance with applicable Federal laws/regulations, OSHA and HIPAA requirements, state and local laws, and guidelines of the American Dental Association.  Dental services are required on a weekly basis to assist students in attaining and maintaining optimal oral health.  The oral health care services must comply with Job Corps policies, requirements, and guidelines and must also include analysis and use of the most efficient and cost-effective practice of contemporary, evidence-based health care possible given available time, resources, and personnel. 

These services will involve coordinating and integrating the Dental Care services program with other health and wellness components/activities at Center and providing oral health care services to enrollees and established students of the Center.   Provision of dental services requires, but is not limited to:

• the ability to work both independently and as a member of a healthcare team to provide optimal services to a population of financially disadvantaged youth, ranging from 16 to 24 years in age;
• provision of all procedures authorized by the State Board of Dentistry, with a general emphasis on early detection, diagnosis of oral health problems, basic oral health care, dental hygiene, and prevention/education (e.g. oral hygiene instructions, risk assessments, relationship with employability, oral health and wellness);
• an elective oral examination, including bitewing x-rays, priority classification, and treatment plan, shall be completed and recorded on the Job Corps approved oral examination form, upon student request
• perform dental procedures to treat oral disease and correct oral health conditions that may represent employability barriers, to include: restorations, extraction of pathological teeth, root canal therapy on anterior/other strategic teeth, replacement of missing upper anterior teeth with a removable prosthesis, and dental hygiene treatment for periodontal disease, upon approval from center personnel;
• comply with Job Corps infection control policies and procedures;
• provide written diagnosis and treatment plan for each student within two weeks after completion of the dental readiness inspection and obtaining agreement for voluntary care before proceeding with such treatment;
• provide student services in such a manner to obtain positive student satisfaction survey results as determined by Job Corps.