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Patient assignments are based on dental students' educational requirements. Students are limited in the number of patients that they may treat; therefore, it is not always possible to advise patients how soon treatment will begin. After assignment, appointments are scheduled directly with the student dentist.

As faculty members supervise and evaluate the oral health care provided by the students, services will take longer than in a private dental office. However, while actual treatment time may take longer, fees are significantly less than those in private practice.

Appointments last three to four hours, and patients must be available for treatment at least once every week. If this schedule is difficult, patients should seek care from a community private dentist or with a faculty member through the LSUSD Faculty Practice. Patients who fail to keep or make regularly scheduled appointments will be discontinued from the program, and their treatment will be terminated.

Some medical conditions may interfere with the provision of safe dental treatment and a physician consult may be required to ensure the patient's good health prior to dental treatment. If a patient has a medical condition that requires a consult from a physician, the patient is responsible for securing the completed form from the physician and returning it to the LSUSD Department of Oral Diagnosis. No dental treatment will be allowed until the completed consult form has been returned.

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