Dental Reimbursement Program - Lincoln Medical Center is a Level 1 Trauma Center known as a Center of Excellence with leading edge technology, providing patient-centered care in a safe environment. It also provides a broad range of outstanding preventive, primary, and secondary healthcare in general specialized medical/surgical services to the community. Some of the specialized care includes management of patients with HIV/AIDS. Among Lincoln’s services are an AIDS Center of Excellence, Asthma and TB Services, Diabetes Education and Management Program, and Radiation Oncology. The providers at Lincoln Medical Center deliver care for all types of injuries to the teeth, jaws and associated structures. The department offers dental implants to patients who lost teeth from trauma or gum disease. The oral surgeons remove wisdom teeth, when the jaws are too small to accommodate them. Functional Jaw surgery is an option for patients with short or long jaws. This type of corrective surgical procedure straightens uneven jaws so that you can eat properly. Reconstructive surgery and bone grafts are available for patients affected by oral cancer and individuals who have fractures of the jaws when they experience trauma to the mouth. Other services that are provided include Dentures, Crowns, Bridges, Gum Treatment, Root Canals, and Teeth Whitening and Dental Restoration. Patients can also have their procedures performed under conscious sedation to allow them to be comfortable during the surgical procedure. The patient can also receive the latest procedures for joint pain caused by trauma, chronic teeth clenching, teeth grinding and clicking of the jaw. The Dentistry practice also provides inpatient admissions for medically compromised patients and other patients who require extensive surgical procedures. The department also provides oral cancer screening and in community outreach programs to identify the early signs and presence of clinical conditions associated with HIV infection and AIDS. Patients are referred through the organized fast-track program for appropriate definitive care. The practice provides oral cancer screening and also participates in community outreach programs to identify the early signs and presence of diseases affecting the gums, and hard and soft tissues of the mouth. The practice operates from 8:30 am through 5:00 pm Monday through Saturday. Extended emergency care is provided from 5:00 pm to 8:30 am and 24 hours on weekends. The institution is served by ethnically diverse providers and staff. They provide care to a comparatively diverse population. Approximately 60% of patients are Spanish speaking. There are varying percentages of patients who speak French, Bengali, Chinese, etc. The institution has an organized language interpreting system for meeting the language and communicative needs of the patients. This process is facilitated through live interpreters, Cyracom live telephone language bank, deaftalk and staff competency in foreign language. The Dental team is knowledgeable in the latest clinical care treatments to help ensure that these clients receive excellent dental care in a patient-friendly environment. The close proximity of the facility to public transportation (train, bus, cab, taxi, etc.) gives the patients easy access to the practice for their medical and dental care. Additionally, an on-site hospital nursery provides child care coverage for patients while they are being seen in the clinic. Lincoln also has a number of grant-funded HIV programs with which HIV positive patients are outreached and linked to care: Ryan White Part D funded Bronx Families, Adolescents and Children Consortium (BFACC), New York State Department of Health Family-Focused HIV Health Care for Women, and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Status Neutral Linkage and Navigation Services in Clinical Settings. Dentistry is routine care that all patients are encouraged to receive bi-annually or more based upon patient need.
