Mobile Dentistry - The Maiden Voyage

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Written By Dr. Fletcher

This past Friday, January 4th 2013, Modesto's first Mobile Dental Clinic opened the doors to the public for it's maiden "voyage." I use the term voyage loosely, because the van never left it's homebase and we chose to operate out of the parking lot of Nineveh Ministries at Calvary Temple Church in Modesto.

The goal for this mobile dental van is to travel monthly to four separate locations in the general Modesto area. This van will team with a mobile medical van and a mobile food/clothing van to take care of basic needs for Modesto's needy population. To ease into the "mobile" part of the dental clinic, we have decided to stay close to home for the first three months and work out the kinks of providing dentistry in a small mobile clinic. 

Our first clinic was not without trial and error. We began our very chilly morning without heat in the van. The digital xrays did not want to communicate with the computers. The sterilizer would not function either. Yet, with all the small setbacks, our motivated team of dentists, assistants, hygienists and support staff was still able to treat about a dozen patients with exams, fillings and extractions.  

Special thanks should be given to both my dental assistants Debbie and Shelley, to Dr. Corey Acree and his assistant Diane, and the support staff from Nineveh Ministries at Calvary Temple Church.

If you would like to be a part of this great opportunity to serve our community, please contact our office. Enjoy the following photos of our first day.
 

Keep on smiling,
Dr. Fletcher

Dr. Fletcher
Dr. Andrew Fletcher has been practicing dentistry since his graduation from the University of the Pacific, School of Dentistry in 1995. “Since I began my career, I have been blessed with two things: a great staff and a ton of great patients…throughout the years I have maintained one constant philosophy at my office: treat your patients very very well, and that is what I have tried to do for the past decade.” Although he began his career working with little mouths, Dr. Fletcher now treats the entire family. “I really enjoy working on different generations of the same family…it is easy to see dental trends throughout a family, but it is also a ton of fun to meet grandparents, parents and children.” In the last few years, the majority of Dr. Fletcher’s continuing education has come from studying dental implants and the challenge of giving teeth, smiles and functioning bites back to patients that are missing or have lost teeth. Each month he meets with several dentists and specialists in to treatment plan and discuss different techniques for dental restoration and rehabilitation.
http://www.fletcherdentistry.com
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