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Protect Your Child’s Smile — Without Missing a Beat

At Teaching Tiny Teeth, we make dental care simple, convenient, and stress-free.
We bring professional preventive dental services directly to your child’s school every 6 months — so you don’t have to worry about extra appointments, missed work, or scheduling struggles.

During each school visit, your child will receive:

  • A gentle professional dental cleaning
  • Xray’s
  • A fluoride treatment to strengthen teeth
  • Dental sealants to help prevent cavities ( If Eligible )
  • An oral health screening to catch small issues early
  • Fun, easy-to-understand oral health education
  • A FREE toothbrush to take home!

All services are provided by licensed, background-checked dental hygienists who specialize in children’s care and follow strict safety standards.

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Complete a quick consent form and keep your child smiling all year long!

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HIPAA Policy

Teaching Tiny Teeth

Effective Date: May 25, 2025

This Notice describes how medical and dental information about your child may be used and disclosed, and how you can access this information.

Please review it carefully.

1. Our Responsibilities

Teaching Tiny Teeth is committed to protecting the privacy of your child’s health information. We are required by law to:

  • Maintain the privacy of Protected Health Information (PHI)
  • Provide you with this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices
  • Follow the terms of this Notice currently in effect
  • Notify you if a breach occurs that may have compromised your child’s PHI

2. How We May Use and Disclose Health Information

We may use or share your child’s health information without written authorization for the following purposes:

a. Treatment

To provide dental screenings, cleanings, fluoride treatments, sealants, X-rays, exams by collaborating dentists, referrals, and follow-up care.

b. Payment

To bill Medicaid, CHP+, insurance companies, or other responsible third parties for services provided.

c. Healthcare Operations

For quality improvement, compliance, internal audits, credentialing, and training purposes.

d. Required or Permitted by Law

We may disclose PHI when required by federal or state law, including:

  • Public health reporting
  • Abuse or neglect reporting
  • School health requirements
  • Law enforcement requests
  • Health oversight agencies
  • Judicial or administrative proceedings

e. To Parents, Guardians, and School Officials

We may share relevant information with:

  • Parents/legal guardians
  • School nurses
  • School administration (when needed for safety or coordination)

f. Emergency Situations

If a child is in danger or requires emergency care, we may share the minimum necessary information to protect their health.

3. Uses and Disclosures Requiring Written Authorization

We will obtain written authorization from you before using or disclosing PHI for any purpose not listed above, including:

  • Marketing
  • Sharing information with outside providers NOT involved in your child’s care
  • Release of records to any third party not permitted by law

You may revoke your authorization at any time in writing.

4. Your Rights

As a parent or legal guardian, you have the right to:

a. Access

Request to see or receive a copy of your child’s dental records, X-rays, and visit summaries.

b. Amend

Request corrections to your child’s health information if you believe it is incorrect or incomplete.

c. Restrict Disclosures

Request limitations on how we use or disclose PHI.

(We are not required to agree to all requests, but we will consider them.)

d. Confidential Communications

Request that we contact you in a specific way (e.g., via email, phone, alternate number).

e. Accounting of Disclosures

Request a list of times we disclosed PHI for reasons other than treatment, payment, or operations.

f. Receive a Paper or Electronic Copy of This Notice

You may request a printed or emailed copy at any time.

g. File a Complaint

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with:

Teaching Tiny Teeth

Email: admin@TeachingTinyTeeth.com

Phone: (720) 336-1715

or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights.

We will not retaliate for filing a complaint.

5. How We Protect Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your child’s information, including:

  • Encrypted devices
  • HIPAA-secure record systems
  • Limited-access storage
  • Staff training and confidentiality agreements

Only authorized personnel may access health information.

6. Changes to This Notice

We may revise this Notice at any time. Updates will be posted on our website and will apply to all PHI we maintain.

7. Contact Information

If you have questions about this Notice or your rights, contact:

Teaching Tiny Teeth
Email: admin@TeachingTinyTeeth.com
Phone: (720) 336-1715
Denver, Colorado