How to choose top dental hospitals in India?

May 8, 2019

It is always quite entertaining to watch ratings – the top ten movies, top ten TV shows, and top ten YouTube videos. When it comes to rating something in the healthcare industry, it becomes a little more complicated. Having a resonating name, good quality standards, high success rate when it comes to dental treatments, and being known as a specialty dental clinic for specific procedures matter. However, there are many other things involving high standards of care and success rate for a dental hospital. These would help you decide the best dental clinic for you.

What makes a dental hospital top rated?

A dental clinic or a dental hospital can run successful practice with the help of experienced dentists, but they do need to meet certain guidelines in order to become top rated. It is important for a dental hospital to follow guidelines of governments, related organizations, and guidelines of standards in order to be a top-rated dental hospital.

Apart from these, the number of procedures the dental hospital undertakes, their success rate, and the satisfaction of patients also matter a lot. After all, if a patient is not happy with the results, nothing else matters. Here are a few things you need to look out for to choose a top rated hospital for your dental treatment.

Accreditation from NABH

The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers is a prestigious organization and a constituent board of the Quality Council of India. It is an organization that sets benchmarks in quality standards for better healthcare. The NABH standards for Dental Health Care Service Providers are a complete set of standards that is used to evaluate a dental facility for standards.

NABH provides two types of standards – one for dental clinics that do not have inpatient facility and one for dental hospitals that have inpatient facility.

What does it mean to have NABH accreditation?

A dental hospital can become top rated with the help of an NABH accreditation because NABH standards ensure:

Continuity of care, access, and assessment
Care of patients
Patient rights and information
Infection control
Proper management of dental equipment
Continuous quality improvement
Facility management
Information management

ISO certification for dental clinics

Having an ISO certification for a dental clinic means that dental treatment is given on a first come first serve basis, it follows all the statutory and regulatory guidelines of dental treatments as per the Indian Dental Association and the clinic has a proper documentation process involving:

Oral health facts
Dental treatment FAQs
Treatment guides
Smart foods choices for dental health
Pain management
Management of dental emergencies
The departments of dentistry available
Dental equipment maintenance and upkeep of facilities

Apart from these, accreditation from Indian Dental Association, and accreditation from international organizations like ISQua (International society for quality in healthcare), JCI (Joint Commission International), and others like GCR add value to a dental clinic and give assurance to international patients to opt for dental tourism in India.

Standards of care

All accreditations and certifications ultimately boil down to high quality patient care. Providing patients with good dental care, not over/under treating patients, educating patients regarding their dental condition, offering treatment options, providing them cost-effective care with long-lasting results and finally, having a friendly atmosphere is very important for patient satisfaction.

Why choose Apollo Dental

Apollo Dental is one of the top rated dental hospitals in India. It has more than 70 dental hospitals in 17 cities of India. As a specialty dental clinic, Apollo dental provides world-class and affordable dental care. It has experienced dental surgeons, well trained support staff, and sophisticated dental clinics that receive patients from India and abroad.

Apollo Dental has state of the art dental facilities with the latest and high-end dental equipment for all kinds of dental procedures.

Technology at Apollo Dental

Microscopic Dentistry

This is a modern branch of dentistry that allows visualization of the small structures in the oral cavity which need treatment. With advanced magnifying techniques in microscopic dentistry, magnification of 20X and more is attained along with superior lighting in order to facilitate procedures like dental fillings, placement of dental crowns and bridges, root canal treatment, cosmetic dental treatments and many more. Microscopic dentistry assists in providing precision treatments with great results.

Laser dentistry

Laser dentistry is an innovation in dental treatment that allows minimally invasive treatments for the gums, teeth, root canal treatment, gum disease, exposing wisdom tooth, removing gum tissue/inflammation, and regenerating damaged nerves. In laser dentistry, there is no need for sutures, reduces the risk of infection as laser sterilizes gums, reduces healing time, and there is no loss of blood.

Cone Beam CT

Cone Beam CT is a digital dental diagnostic tool that is used to visualize bony architecture of the jaws, bone thickness and location of vital structures. Cone Beam CT is also used for examining dental implant sites with minimized anatomic superimposition.

Digital orthopantogram

This is digital x-ray equipment with much greater exposure latitude. Digital orthopantogram provides instant viewable images that can be sent to the patient.

Digital radiovisiography

This diagnostic tool is used to get special image analysis with software and enables quicker images because of the use of intra-oral sensors.

CAD/CAM Dentistry

CAD/CAM dentistry is highly useful in prosthodontics in order to design dental restorations like crowns, veneers, Onlays and inlays, dental implants, bridges, and others. This makes customization very precise in dental procedures.