Lumina
Healthcare, through our KidsCare program, arranges for convenient, on-site dental care
for children in various locales, such as schools, children’s hospitals,
treatment centers, foster homes or other facilities where access to dental care
is limited. Lumina Healthcare utilizes
the latest technology and portable equipment to bring dental care to children
in need through its KidsCare program and contracts with dentists and auxiliary staff especially trained to properly address the needs of children.
Lumina Healthcare is committed to providing
comprehensive dental care and promoting oral health, education and prevention
to underserved children. We believe that everyone deserves to have a healthy smile
but when it comes to oral health, many children face significant
challenges. Dental caries, periodontal disease and other oral
conditions, if left untreated, can lead to pain, infection and loss of
function. These undesirable outcomes negatively impact a child’s learning,
communication, nutrition, and self confidence.
.It is important that we address our
children’s dental health at an early age as dental wellness will play a key
role in their overall development.
Teaching the children proper home care and focusing on the role of
healthy diet and nutrition assists in developing good dental hygiene habits to
last a lifetime. Assisting in the
process of building responsibility for their daily dental hygiene is an
important keynote in our KidsCare program.
Although efforts to promote
community water fluoridation and increased use of fluoridated products have significantly improved the oral
health of children in California and nationally over the past 50 years, the burden of oral disease, particularly
cavities, continues to fall more heavily on children from poor, minority
households. Many children from families living in poverty and facing language/cultural barriers as well as
poor nutritional patterns often do not visit the dentist until much later,
after primary teeth have started to decay.
According to the American Academy of Pediatric
Dentistry:
- Over 40% - 50% of children will be
affected by tooth decay before age 5.
- A trip to the emergency room for crisis
care is the first "dental visit" for over 25% of children seen
in a children's hospital.
- Of the 4 million children born each year,
more than half will have cavities by the time they reach second grade.
- Oral health issues affect children in
poverty and minorities far more than other groups.
Providing the dental care is the cornerstone of children’s’ oral health needs, but reviewing outcomes and monitoring professional performance and improvement over time is also of pivotal importance. Lumina Healthcare offers robust informational systems that can report and measure the results of our efforts to keep the children we serve in a state of good oral health.
What services are available
especially for children?
- Initial screenings and annual examinations
- Digital x-rays
- Cleanings and fluoride treatment.
- Oral hygiene instructions
- Simple oral surgery (extractions)
- Occlusal Sealants
- Orthdontic screenings
- Orthodontic treatment (braces)
- Convenient, on-site, quality dental care by
caring providers and support staff
- No charge to the organization for the services Lumina provides to the children
- All providers are approved Medi-Cal providers and Lumina will handle all billing to Medi-Cal, in addition to most other insurance carriers
- for those without dental insurance, KidsCare offers a special fee schedule
- Outcome reporting
- HIPPA and OSHA compliant
For additional information please call us at 1-888-9LUMINA (1-888-958-6462)