Based on facility policy review, medical record review, and interviews, the facility failed to accurately assess the dental status and assist in providing alternate funding sources or delivery systems to meet the dental needs of 1 resident (Resident #43) of 3 residents reviewed for dental services. The findings include:Review of the facility's policy titled, Dental Services, dated 11/2024, revealed .It is the policy of this facility to assist residents in obtaining routine .and emergency dental care .'Routine dental services' means .smoothing of broken teeth .'Emergency dental services' includes services needed to treat an episode of acute pain in teeth .broken, or otherwise damaged teeth .the dental needs of each resident are identified through the physical assessment and MDS [Minimum… …
F791 citations in Tennessee
Dental services · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Tennessee cites F791 less often than its own record predicts
0.42 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Tennessee in 2025, this is the portion that was F791.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Tennessee surveyors wrote
F791 findings written in Tennessee, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Tennessee citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.33% | 1.13× |
| 2024 | 0.24% | 0.87× |
| 2025 | 0.12% | 0.42× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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