Five Levels Of Dental Care
"Our purpose is to help people achieve the highest level of well-being personally appropriate for them to enhance the quality of their lives ."
Level 1...URGENT CARE
People with an emergency such as pain, swelling, or bleeding need our immediate help. We see all emergencies as soon as possible.
Level 2...REMEDIAL CARE
People who choose this level of care desire treatment only when something breaks or becomes uncomfortable. Generally, people at this level prefer a limited type of examination, focusing on obvious more advanced problems. They usually want to correct immediate problems with as little effort and cost as possible. Folks at this level are not yet ready for a thorough examination or preventive treatment.
Level 3...SELF-CARE
Patients who choose this level of care want a thorough examination and take an active part in the treatment and prevention of present and future dental problems. However, they choose repair solutions that are more short range in duration knowing full well that the dental treatment performed today will have to be repeated. Due to current life circumstances or beliefs, they take care of today's needs in less than an ideal manner. This level of patient participates in dedicated preventive efforts to prevent problems in the future.
Level 4...COMPLETE DENTISTRY
Patients at this level are similar to people described in level 3. They choose to have a thorough examination and a MASTER PLAN to formulate a long-term treatment plan for health and repair. They wish to achieve a future based on choice not chance. These patients are very concerned about treating the causes of dental disease, not simply the effects. They want all dental treatment provided to be completed in the most lasting fashion possible.
Level 5...LOOK YOUR BEST
People in this group are in level 4 as far as dental health is concerned, but also want to look their best at all times. They know that their smile is the first thing others notice about them and want to put their best foot forward.