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Notice of Privacy Practices

This notice describes how health information about you may be used and disclosed, and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully. It applies to the dental records held by Aesthetic Edge Dental, and is separate from the Privacy Policy that covers this website.
Effective 15 August 2026. Reviewed and approved by counsel. A paper copy is available at the front desk on request.
Your rights

You have the following rights over your dental record

Get a copy of your record
Ask to see or receive an electronic or paper copy of your dental record and other health information we hold about you. We will provide it within the time frame required by law, and may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee.
Ask us to correct it
If you believe information in your record is incorrect or incomplete, ask us to amend it. We may say no, and if we do we will tell you why in writing.
Request confidential communications
Ask us to contact you a specific way — for example, a particular phone number, or by mail rather than by text. We will say yes to all reasonable requests.
Ask us to limit what we share
Ask us not to use or share certain information for treatment, payment, or our operations. If you pay for a service in full out of pocket, you may ask us not to share that information with your health plan, and we will say yes unless a law requires us to share it.
Get a list of disclosures
Ask for a list of the times we shared your health information, who we shared it with, and why, for the six years before the date you ask. Certain disclosures — including those for treatment, payment, and operations — are not included.
Choose someone to act for you
If you have given someone medical power of attorney, or if someone is your legal guardian, that person can exercise your rights and make choices about your health information. We will verify the authority before we act.
Get a copy of this notice
Request a paper copy at any time, even if you agreed to receive it electronically. We will provide one promptly.
File a complaint
If you believe your privacy rights were violated, you may complain to our office or to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Your choices

Family, friends, and others involved in your care

You can tell us whether to share information with family members, friends, or anyone else involved in your care or in paying for it. If you are not able to tell us your preference — for example, in an emergency — we may share information when we believe it is in your best interest, or when needed to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.

Appointment reminders and treatment options

Unless you tell us otherwise, we may contact you with appointment reminders, recall notices, and information about treatment alternatives or other health-related benefits and services we offer.

Marketing and sale of information

We will never sell your health information, and we will not use it for marketing that requires your authorization without first obtaining that written authorization. You may revoke an authorization in writing at any time.

Fundraising

We do not use patient information for fundraising.

Our uses and disclosures

How we typically use or share your health information

To treat you
We use your health information and share it with other professionals who are treating you — for example, a specialist we refer you to, a dental laboratory fabricating a restoration, or an imaging provider.
To run our practice
We use your information to manage the practice, improve care, coordinate scheduling and recall, and train staff, and we share it with our business associates under written agreements requiring them to protect it.
To bill for your care
We use and share your information to bill and receive payment from health plans, dental benefit administrators, and other payers, and for related activities such as eligibility verification and pre-authorization.
Public health and safety
We may share information to prevent disease, report adverse reactions to medications, report suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence, and to prevent or reduce a serious threat to anyone’s health or safety.
Required by law
We will share information when federal or state law requires it, including with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services when it is investigating compliance.
Legal, government, and workers’ compensation requests
We may share information for workers’ compensation claims, with law enforcement or a coroner or medical examiner where the law permits, for certain government oversight functions, and in response to a court order or a lawfully issued subpoena.
Our responsibilities

What we are required to do

We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health information; to notify you promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or security of that information; to follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice and give you a copy of it; and not to use or share your information other than as described here unless you tell us in writing that we may. If you give us written permission, you may change your mind at any time by telling us in writing.

Additional California protections

California law, including the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, provides protections in addition to federal law and in some cases restricts disclosures more strictly. Where state and federal law differ, we follow the more protective standard.

Changes to this notice

We can change the terms of this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we hold. The revised notice will be available on request, posted in our office, and published on this page.

Complaints

Contact our office first

If you have a concern, contact the privacy contact at Aesthetic Edge Dental, 3616 West Shaw Avenue, Fresno, CA 93711, or call (559) 271-8400. We would rather hear from you and resolve it directly.

Contact the federal government

You may also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights at 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20201, by calling 1-877-696-6775, or at hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

Related: Website Privacy Policy Accessibility Statement Patient Forms Contact & Location

Questions About Your Health Information?

Call (559) 271-8400 and ask for the privacy contact, or raise it at your next visit.

Call (559) 271-8400