A tour de force

Research suggests that a staggering 21 per cent of the population do not visit the dentist annually; by offering free check-ups in their 53ft state of the art transportable dental practice in business parks around the country Onsite are striving to take the hassle out of oral health. More than simply expedient, Onsite Services is a channel through which links can be forged between the dental community and the community at large.

This venture, supported by the British Dental Health Foundation, will see local dental care professionals providing annual dental check-ups, oral health awareness education and health screening for related illnesses such as diabetes and oral cancer. During a pilot of the scheme in Ireland 3,704 patients signed up for the service resulting in £270,560 worth of free health and dental treatment; 77 per cent of patients asked said that they would use a dentist who visited their workplace and 96 per cent who did said they would recommend this service to their friends and colleagues. Evidently, feedback so far has been encouraging. The Onsite team continue to collect feedback from patients to constantly improve the provision of care; the transportable nature of this enterprise facilitates the generation of geographically diverse data and a service that can evolve and adapt to suit the needs of the patients.