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Emergency Service Coverage

For Our Members

Do you need someone to cover your emergencies when you are out of town? The MDS offers an Emergency Coverage Service to its members. For just $20 a day Monday-Thursday, and $40 a day Friday-Sunday, including Holidays an MDS colleague can handle your calls while you’re away. Please contact us to schedule your coverage.

Have your dues reimbursed. The Multnomah Dental Society sponsors an Emergency Dental Service Program to handle patient emergencies for MDS members when they are unavailable. As a key element of this program, we recruit volunteer doctors who wish to cover weekends and holidays.

Volunteering has its rewards!

  • MDS Dues Reimbursement
  • Build Your Practice
  • Society Fellowship
  • $50.00 Emergency Exam Fee in addition to your normal treatment fee.

Volunteers who cover a minimum of 12 days in one calendar year are reimbursed the full portion of their MDS dues for the following year.

Volunteer hours are Friday and Saturday 9am to 9pm and Sundays and holidays, noon to 5 pm.

Patients pay a $50.00 Emergency Exam Fee in Addition to your normal rates. The dentist is paid directly and immediately in full for the treatment provided.

Many calls are received from individuals who do not already have a regular dentist and are looking for a referral. This service provides an opportunity for you to build your practice by bringing in new patients.

To volunteer please contact the Multnomah Dental Society at 503-513-5010.

Additional Information for Volunteer Dentists:

Below is the protocol of how it works…its simple.

Anyone that calls MDS during our office hours will be referred to one of our member dentist.  Anyone that calls after hours with an emergency is instructed to push a key that gets them in contact with our Physicians Answering Service. The Answering service has a calendar of Dr.’s on call and will interview the caller to:

  • Ensure that it is an emergency.
  • They agree to pay the $50.00 emergency fee to you.
  • They agree to pay for any treatment that you render.
  • The Answering service will contact you to arrange time for you to see the patient or they will provide you with their phone number.
  • You will not be contacted directly by the patient.

Sometimes, MDS gets calls from people who do not have a regular dentist and are experiencing an emergency. As long as they agree to the above conditions they will be referred to the Doctor on call for treatment.