We will discuss how to incorporate mobile dentistry experiences into your clinical curriculum through community-based and nontraditional settings such as schools, long-term care facilities, veterans housing, and homeless shelters. Equipment needs, transport and storage logistics, and IT requirements will be reviewed to support seamless implementation. Interprofessional collaboration with medical providers, administrative teams, and social workers will be explored, along with workflow development, documentation processes, and follow-up protocols to ensure meaningful educational outcomes for students.

Objectives:

• Identify nontraditional settings for clinical dental hygiene education (schools, long-term care facilities, veterans housing and homeless shelters).
• Create a checklist of equipment needed for mobile dentistry, including transport and storage options. IT requirements will be reviewed.
• Establish a workflow that includes interprofessional collaboration with medical staff, administrative staff and social workers.
• Review document collection and follow up processes.