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20 <br /> 1 Opportunities <br /> 2 • Enhance community partnerships with Aging Community, Schools, local Head Start, <br /> 3 Community Centers, etc. <br /> 4 • Increase access to Dental Services throughout the County, not just in Southern part. <br /> 5 • Brand and promote OCHD Dental Program <br /> 6 • Fall into alignment with NC Oral Health Strategic Plan <br /> 7 (https://www.ncminorityhealth.org/data/documents/Oral Health Ea uity-9.24.18-WEB.pdf) <br /> 8 <br /> 9 The Unknowns <br /> 10 • Transition of current 39% of Chapel Hill/Carrboro patients to SHSC for dental services, <br /> 11 leaving a decrease in patient volume in Hillsborough. <br /> 12 • Permanent Dental Clinic at SHSC volume considering current dental resources in <br /> 13 Southern Orange <br /> 14 • Ability to sustain Dental Staff at SHSC <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Commissioner Price asked if the proposal is to pull staff from Hillsborough to operate <br /> 17 the mobile unit. <br /> 18 Quintana Stewart said there would be one dentist and one hygienist pulled, and a part <br /> 19 time driver and clerical staff hired. <br /> 20 Commissioner Price asked if these staff will work 5 days on the mobile unit. <br /> 21 Quintana Stewart said the mobile unit will do two days at the SHSC and 2 days in the <br /> 22 community (e.g. schools). <br /> 23 Commissioner Price asked if one dentist and hygienist are enough. <br /> 24 Quintana Stewart said yes, as this will leave 1.5 full-time dentists in the Hillsborough <br /> 25 site. <br /> 26 Commissioner Price again asked if this is enough staff. <br /> 27 Commissioner Price asked if more staff would be needed if a permanent dental clinic <br /> 28 was built out at the Southern Human Services Center. <br /> 29 Quintana Stewart said yes, and she said they will offer the mobile unit option twice a <br /> 30 week at the SHSC, which will account for the 39% of people being seen in Hillsborough. She <br /> 31 said the hope is that it will all balance out. <br /> 32 Commissioner Price said she would assume that the need for extra staff would exist <br /> 33 regardless of whether it is a mobile unit or bricks and mortar. She said going into the <br /> 34 community may reach a larger portion of the population. <br /> 35 Quintana Stewart said the mobile unit would not be at school for a full 8-hour work day, <br /> 36 and there could still be time for the staff to come back to Hillsborough. <br /> 37 Commissioner McKee said he liked the idea of the mobile van. He asked if the current <br /> 38 operational capacity at Hillsborough is known. <br /> 39 Dr. Day said it is at 100% with two full-time dentists, three dental hygienists, and a GPR <br /> 40 resident that rotates in for 3 months. He said there is a fourth dentist on Wednesdays, and <br /> 41 there are 9 operatories, with all 9 are being used. <br /> 42 Commissioner McKee said he would hate to move staff to the mobile unit, and then in 6 <br /> 43 months realize that additional staff has to be hired for Hillsborough. <br /> 44 Dr. Day said in Durham he would go on the mobile unit to a school until the buses <br /> 45 arrived for dismissal, at which time, he would return to the clinic and see patients for another <br /> 46 2.5 hours. He said the addition of the dental van would allow more children to be seen, and <br /> 47 more income is made seeing children than adults. <br /> 48 Commissioner McKee asked if there is any insight on how the County may compete with <br /> 49 Piedmont. <br />