Qatar- First dental clinic for people with special needs opens

9/19/2015 10:40:21 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)Dr Abdulhakim Ahmad Al Yafei Consultant Paediatric and Special Needs Dentistry and Head Dentistry Department Al Wakra Hospital attends to a child patient at the new clinic.

DOHA: The first dental clinic for people with special needs has opened at Al Wakra Hospital (AWH) and patients now do not need a referral to receive care at the clinic.

The first-of-its-kind clinic in the Middle East caters to children and adults with special needs.

The specially designed facility provides a more accessible and accommodating service intended to be less stressful for patients and is an ideal alternative to regular dental clinics.

Dr Abdulhakim Ahmad Al Yafei Consultant Paediatric and Special Needs Dentistry and Head Dentistry Department AWH said the new clinic is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment which meet global standards and is staffed with a team of three consultants and two specialists.

The clinic provides oral and dental healthcare such as tooth extraction filling and implants orthodontics prosthodontics and treatment of caries and gingivitis.

It has a specially designed door wide enough to allow access to patients with mobility impairment. It is also equipped with a special lifting apparatus which can lift an object of up to 400kg enabling treatment of patients on wheelchairs.

“A full-fledged operation room has been set up to receive patients once a week for dental care under general anaesthesia.

“The room is utilised for radiology imaging under general anaesthesia for patients who experience difficulty when they undergo radiology imaging. The new clinic also allows patients to receive care from physicians of various specialities as may be necessary” Dr Al Yafei said.

Dr Ohoud Al Kuwari Dentist AWH said “Our hospital is receiving more children with special needs because we found that about 30 percent of all children seeking dental care were special needs children and we concluded that there was a real need to open a special clinic to these patients.

“The clinic also allows those unable to clean their teeth independently the chance of having a dental cleaning and treatment procedure under general anaesthesia every six months” he said adding there are plans to increase dental specialities at the clinic such as periodontics and dental nerve treatment required by patients with epilepsy who may need frequent removal of gums and cleaning of dental nerve.

He said the hospital plans to coordinate with schools to enable students with special needs to benefit from specialist dental services.

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