Kawakami Dental Clinic
About
Kawakami Dental Clinic, located in Yahatanishi Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, is a dental clinic specializing in home visit dental care. The clinic provides house calls to private residences, residential care facilities, and hospitals for elderly patients and those with physical or mental disabilities who have difficulty traveling to a dental office. Services cover a wide area within a 16km radius centered on Kitakyushu City, including Onga Town and Mizumaki Town. A notable feature of the clinic is its multi-staff team, which includes dentists with over 10 years of experience as well as female dentists. By utilizing portable specialized equipment, including portable X-ray machines, the clinic is able to deliver the same standard of dental treatment at the patient's location as would be provided in a dental office, including cavity treatment, tooth extractions, and denture adjustments and fabrication. The clinic also emphasizes team-based medicine through collaboration with physicians and care workers. During surgical procedures such as tooth extractions, information is shared with the patient's primary care physician and care manager to ensure safe treatment that takes into account pre-existing conditions and current medications. In addition, the clinic addresses the assessment and rehabilitation of eating and swallowing functions, and supports the maintenance and improvement of oral function from multiple angles, including dysphagia endoscopy conducted in collaboration with university hospitals. Both health insurance and long-term care insurance are accepted, and measures have been taken to eliminate patient transportation cost burdens, making it easier for patients to receive ongoing home visit dental care. English language support is available, credit card and electronic payments are accepted, and parking is provided on-site.
