title: Model hospital outreach service.
abstract: The Outreach Dental Care Service of Swedish American Hospital, Rockford, IL, brings a hygienist to local long-term care facilities, who provides prophylaxis, cleans partial dentures and complete dentures, plans individualized daily oral hygiene regimens, trains facility caregivers, and educates staff members.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D003756:Dental Hygienists; D003777:Dental Prophylaxis; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008952:Mobile Health Units; D009735:Nursing Homes