Fruitvale Dental Resident Rotations - UOP Endo, UCSF Ortho - La Clnica de La Raza : Job Details

This position is only available to current residents of UOP Endo or UCSF Ortho departments assigned to rotations at Fruitvale Dental, La Clinica de la Raza.

- La Clinica de la Raza, Fruitvale Dental, specialty residents rotations -

La Clinica de la Raza began as a single storefront operation in Oakland in 1971. Now it is one of the largest community-based clinics in the state of California. La Clínica has 35 sites spread across Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano Counties.

La Clínica services include: medical, dental, optical, women's health, prenatal and postnatal care, preventive medicine, health and nutrition education, adolescent services, mental health, behavioral health services, case management, referral services, pharmacy, radiology and laboratory services.

In 2019, La Clínica provided services to 91,532 patients. Dental served 32,777 patients. La Clinica is the medical/dental home for our patients.

You can learn more about La Clinica at:

LA CLINICA DE LA RAZA DENTAL DEPARTMENTAt La Clínica de la Raza (LCDLR), we believe access to dental care is a key component of primary health services. In most cases, tooth decay and gum disease can be prevented with proper care and treatment. Unfortunately, many low-income families do not have health coverage for dental care nor the means to pay for it. To fill this gap in services, La Clínica provides low-cost preventive and general dental services to the community.

MISSION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLESThe mission of La Clínica is to improve the quality of life of the diverse communities we serve by providing culturally appropriate, high quality, and accessible health care for all.

As a Community Health Center Dental Department, we seek to provide quality preventive and basic dental care to the largest number of patients that we can safely accommodate in the dental clinics.

We are guided by the following principles: Patient Education, Quality Oral Care Delivery, and Mentoring (Students, Residents, Clinic Staff and Community Members).

PHILOSOPHY OF DENTAL OPERATIONSThe philosophy of La Clínica Dental Operations is to:

SCOPE OF PRACTICELa Clínica Dental Department provides basic preventive and general dental care to patients of all ages.

The primary focus of service is on Phase I care which consists of emergency services, examination and diagnosis, patient education, hygiene and preventive services, general direct restorative services, routine and surgical exodontia, routine endodontia, removable prosthodontic appliances to replace anterior teeth (i.e., stayplate), and referral to specialty services.

Phase II care may be conducted if clinic and patient resources permit to do so. Phase II care includes cosmetic services, endodontic retreats, removable prosthodontics, oral conscious sedation and hospital dentistry, orthodontics, fixed single and multi-unit prosthodontics, and implant services.

La Clínica Dental Department scope of care does not include: opening vertical dimension via fixed prosthodontics, complicated endodontic retreatments or endodontic surgeries, complicated extractions or oral surgery, or IV sedation.