---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 51.455"
title: "38"
number: "51.455"
heading: "Dental services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/51.455"
---

# §51.455. Dental services.

- (a) If the adult day health care program offers medical supervision, program management must, if necessary, assist the participant and family/caregiver
  - (1) In making dental appointments; and
  - (2) **By arranging for transportation to and from the dental services.**
- (b) If the adult day health care program offers medical supervision, program management must promptly assist and refer participants with lost or damaged dentures to a dentist.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 83 FR 61280, Nov. 28, 2018, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101, 501, 1710, 1720, 1741-1743, 1745, and as follows. Section 51.20 and 51.30 also issued under 38 U.S.C. 511, 1742, 7104 and 7105. Section 51.42 also issued under 38 U.S.C. 510, 1744, and Pub. L. 116-315 section 3007. Section 51.43 also issued under 38 U.S.C. 1712. Section 51.51 also issued under Pub. L. 116-315 section 3007. Section 51.310 also issued under 38 U.S.C. 1720(f).

### Source

Source: 65 FR 968, Jan. 6, 2000, unless otherwise noted.