Failure to Provide Routine Dental Services
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to provide routine dental services to one resident, as required by its own policy and state regulations. The policy specifies that routine dental services include an annual oral inspection, diagnosis of dental disease, radiographs as needed, dental cleaning, fillings, denture adjustments, and other minor dental procedures. Review of the clinical record for a resident with diagnoses including hypertension and chronic pain, and an identified risk for dental or oral cavity health problems due to aging teeth, showed no evidence of dental consultations or access to routine or emergency dental care since admission in 2022. This lack of dental care was confirmed by facility staff through email correspondence.