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In 1999, to address a shortage of dental-hygiene professionals in Southwest Louisiana, the LSUHSC School of Dentistry also launched a Bachelor of Science degree in dental hygiene with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The laboratory and clinical courses are taught at the Lafayette Community Health Care Clinic and the didactic courses are transmitted to the LCHCC from the LSUSD Dental Hygiene Program in New Orleans. Dental educators nationwide have hailed the program as a national model.
Patient Information The Clinic's mission is to serve the working uninsured living in Lafayette Parish. Patients are screened based on eligibility criteria. Initially, patients are eligible for one year of service. Each patient is re-evaluated for eligibility annually. Services are provided by appointment. The Clinic is unable to provide services to people with medical insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid; job-related injuries involving Workers Compensation; or a pending medical-based lawsuit. Patients must have the following qualifications:
Patients are asked to bring the following:
Clinic services and patient education materials are in English, which is the primary language in the Lafayette Parish community. In the event that a patient does not speak English fluently, we ask the patient to come with a family member who speaks English.
Lafayette Community
Health Care Clinic
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The
LSUSD satellite dental
clinic, established
in 1998, is located
at the Lafayette
Community Health
Care Clinic (LCHCC).
LCHCC is a free clinic
established in 1993
by the Lafayette
Parish Medical Society
in response to the
growing number of
uninsured working
families
with no access to health care. Its mission
is to serve the working
uninsured living
in Lafayette Parish.
LCHCC is operated
with minimal paid
staff and hundreds
of volunteer health
care providers: physicians,
nurses, pharmacists,
dentists, dental
assistants and dental
hygienists from Lafayette
and surrounding parishes.
With regard to dental
care, volunteers
and LSUSD dental
and dental hygiene
students provide
a range of restorative
and preventative
dental services.
