LUZ 24 – the free clinical screening phone service of Hospital da Luz network, via the national number 217 104 424 (landline) – is now also available to assist clients in need of urgent help in the specialty of Dentistry. The team of nurses ensuring permanently the operation of LUZ 24 works on the basis of over a hundred rigorous clinical protocols, including in this speciality, which were established in conformity with the best international practice. According to each case, LUZ 24 advises and refers the callers to the most appropriate healthcare, namely: Urgent assistance provided by the clinical professionals of a Hospital da Luz unit (which will be provided with the necessary information by LUZ 24, prior to the client’s arrival); Priority video consultation in Dentistry , right after the screening by LUZ 24 and with no need of scheduling; Priority consultation in Dentistry , provided in the next 48 hours; Programmed consultation or video consultation in Dentistry ; Self-care. In LUZ 24, many Portuguese people, clients and non-clients of Hospital da Luz, have been finding advice and solutions for their more immediate health problems. This Hospital da Luz service is freely available and operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, via a single national number (217 104 424, landline). The phone call and the clinical screening provided by the LUZ 24 team are free of charge.
