Special Care and Geriatrics Eligibility Criteria.

Special Care and Geriatrics Clinic serves those with:

  • Intellectual and developmental disabilities
  • Older adults who are medically complex 
  • Cognitive disorders - including but not limited to those with:
    • Alzheimer's disease
    • Dementia
    • Frontal temporal disorder
  • Cognitive or intellectual disorders
  • Autism Spectrum disorder
  • Down Syndrome
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Severe and/or challenging behaviors
  • Physical disabilities - interfere with ability to function include, but are not limited to: 
    • Multiple sclerosis
    • Blindness - if cannot function without assistance
    • Confined to wheelchair AND cannot transfer to dental chair
    • Transferred by stretcher AND cannot transfer to dental chair
    • Unable to ambulate or be transferred to dental chair
  • Hemophilia - for non-invasive procedures
  • Uncontrolled epilepsy
  • Receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy
  • On dialysis 
  • Waiting for organ transplant
  • Waiting for bone marrow transplant

Others may qualify.