When it comes to cholesterol levels, the heart or the brain you can chose from any number of specialised clinics that offer exceptional service and knowledge, specific to your case. However, circumstances seem to differ when teeth are the topic of discussion. Let’s admit it, dental care in the Middle East is still lagging behind our Western neighbours, and few in the healthcare industry have taken the initiative to do something about it.
We see dozens of hospitals and dental clinics lining the streets of Middle Eastern cities, yet very few of them offer world-class expertise and know-how. Fortunately, a handful of like-minded dentists came together in 2005, with the aim of tackling this problem head on. As a result of their efforts, Dentalia Clinics was founded, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Today, Dentalia Clinics has five partners running it, and fortunately, they all share the same ideals. Their aim was to create a clinic that specialises in different kinds of treatments, in turn raising the dental care standards across the Kingdom. Their joint vision was to open a clinic technologically more advanced than others, and bring to Saudi Arabia the best expert technology in dentistry.
The difference with Dentalia Clinics is that there are no general dentists performing a multitude of tasks from bridges and fillings to whitening. Dentists have been handpicked as specialists in their particular field. It’s a small department, yet each dentist shares the same philosophy and adheres to international standards, in terms of procedures and hygiene. One is an expert on root canals, another specialises in crowns, one in tooth removal, and others on dental care for children.
Dina Altayeb, periodontist and implantologist at Dentalia Clinics says the “aim is to raise the dental health care standards in the Kingdom, especially among children, and educate parents how they could take care of their children’s dental health.”
The clinic brings modern dentistry solutions together under one roof, offering patients exceptional treatment. Each patient’s case is discussed with a panel of expert dentists that will determine what should be done in each case. The 15 dentists currently employed by the clinic all must adhere to a team concept in which meetings are held to discuss tricky cases.
In addition, everything is done digitally in Dentalia Clinics, eliminating time-consuming paperwork, and making communication easier through a network. From x-rays to patient files, all information is documented on a system and can be transferred from one department to another when the situation requires.
The sole problem with all of this is that Dentalia Clinics is only operational in Jeddah. However plans for expansion are underway at sites in Mecca and Medina according to Altayeb. Everything has been done to make dentistry a more personalised and simpler experience. Even the work hours were made as long as possible, with the clinic opening at 9am and closing at 11pm. “We have different shifts of dentists and nurses to accommodate everyone,” Altayeb shares.
On a final note, Altayeb concludes that the unique selling point behind Dentalia Clinics is to always offer patients first-rate dental care, adding that, “Problems and cases change with time, so we vow to always update our systems and be ahead of the future.”
Dentalia Clinic,
Tahliah Road,
Jeddah, KSA
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