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Oral Health and Mental Health Connection
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Oral Health and Mental Health Connection

Explore the profound connection between oral health and mental well-being.

Our insights delve into studies, highlighting the bidirectional relationship. For expert care, visit Sacramento River Dental Group in Sacramento, CA.

What Factors Trigger Tooth Sensitivity?
oral health

What Factors Trigger Tooth Sensitivity?

Understanding Tooth Sensitivity Tooth sensitivity, though often brushed aside, is a prevalent dental concern affecting individuals of all ages. Its impact can disrupt daily routines and compromise oral health from fleeting discomfort to throbbing pain. At Sacramento River Dental Group,

In What Ways Do Basic and Major Dental Care Services Vary?
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In What Ways Do Basic and Major Dental Care Services Vary?

Welcome to the Sacramento River Dental Group blog, where we strive to empower our community with knowledge about oral health. Today, we embark on an insightful journey to explore the nuances between basic and major dental care services. Understanding these

What Is the Best Care of Dentures?
oral health

What Is the Best Care of Dentures?

Sacramento River Dental Group is here to guide you on maintaining the best care of dentures. If you’re among the many individuals who rely on dentures to enhance your smile and overall quality of life, you understand the importance of

Why is a Cracked Tooth a Dental Emergency?
dental emergency

Why Is a Cracked Tooth a Dental Emergency?

At Sacramento River Dental Group in Sacramento, CA, we understand the importance of dental emergencies, especially regarding a cracked tooth. This dental concern can lead to severe pain, complications, and permanent damage if left untreated. This blog post will explore

Invisible Braces: Are They Right for You?
cosmetic dentistry

Invisible Braces: Are They Right for You?

Explore the benefits, costs, and treatment process of invisible braces like Invisalign® in our comprehensive guide.

Expert insights included.

Can Periodontal Disease Be Completely Cured?
Gum Disease

Can Periodontal Disease Be Completely Cured?

Periodontal Disease, frequently known as gum disease, is a question many often ask: “Can it be cured?” Let’s delve into this topic together and explore more about periodontal disease, available treatments, and the positive long-term outlook for those dealing with

Clear Dental Aligners: 10 FAQs Answered
cosmetic dentistry

Clear Dental Aligners: 10 FAQs Answered

Dive into the world of clear dental aligners with expert answers to FAQs.

Learn about treatment duration, pain relief, and care tips for a perfect smile.

Sensitive Teeth and Teeth Whitening
cosmetic dentistry

Teeth Whitening for Sensitive Teeth: Is It Recommended?

If you struggle with teeth sensitivity, you may be hesitant about teeth whitening due to the fear of increased pain or sensitivity. Fortunately, several options are available to help you achieve a whiter, brighter smile without experiencing discomfort. Today, our

Regular Dental Cleaning and Deep Cleaning
Common Dentistry

Regular vs. Deep Dental Cleaning: What is the Difference?

Getting frequent dental cleanings done is essential, not only to maintain your teeth clean and white but also to ascertain the long-term health of your gums and teeth and to prevent gum disease, cavities, and decay. Therefore, it is highly

age affect oral health
oral health

How Does Your Age Affect Oral Health?

Tooth decay is the most common disease among American Children, per the Center For Disease Control and Prevention or CDC. Per the CDC, as many as 47 percent of adults 30 and older have periodontitis. According to these facts, it’s

pediatric dental fillings
oral health

Pediatric Dental Fillings: Does Your Child Need One?

As parents, we want to do what we can to protect the health and happiness of our children. Sometimes, this may mean making an important decision, especially regarding their dental health. If restorative work is suggested by their dentist, including

receding gums
oral health

What to do When You Have Receding Gums?

Many are frivolous enough to ignore the problem of receding gums. It’s easy to identify it. You’ll start to notice more of the base of your tooth showing as the gum recedes. It gives off the appearance of an elongated

Cosmetic Dental Procedures
cosmetic dentistry

Which Cosmetic Dental Procedures Are Often Combined?

Combining dental procedures is often a recommended approach if you wish to have multiple cosmetic dental problems addressed at the same time and achieve your desired results much faster. However, it is important to note that while some treatments can

How Different Foods Affect Your Kids' Oral Health?
oral health

How Different Foods Affect Your Kids’ Oral Health?

As a parent, you are responsible for ensuring your children grow healthy. Most of us, however, focus on everything else, all but our kids’ oral/dental health. Your kid’s oral health is as important, a reason you want to strive to

Teeth Straightening Treatments
cosmetic dentistry

DIY for Teeth Straightening Instead of Professional Help?

Whenever you look at a magazine, turn on Netflix, or browse social media, you likely come across advertisements for do-it-yourself teeth aligners. These aligner manufacturers promise to deliver a straighter smile without the hassle of going to the orthodontist or

Privacy Policy

Hispanic or Latino

A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.

American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino)

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment.

Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino)

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino)

A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino)

A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

White (Not Hispanic or Latino)

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.

Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino)

Persons who identify with two or more race/ethnic categories named above.

Privacy Policy

Sacramento River Dental Group – Candidate Privacy Notice

Sacramento River Dental Group is committed to respecting your online privacy and recognizes your need for appropriate protection and management of any personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) you share with us.

Sacramento River Dental Group is a “data controller”. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal information about you. This privacy notice makes you aware of how and why your personal data will be used, namely for the purposes of the Sacramento River Dental Group employment recruitment process, and how long it will usually be retained.

Data protection principles

We will comply with data protection law and principles, which means that your data will be:

  • Used lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent way.
  • Collected only for valid purposes that we have clearly explained to you and not used in any way that is incompatible with those purposes.
  • Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes.
  • Accurate and kept up to date.
  • Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about.
  • Kept securely.

The kind of information we hold about you

In connection with your application for work with us, we will collect, store, and use the following categories of personal information about you:

  • The information you have provided to us in your curriculum vitae and cover letter.
  • The information you have provided on our application form, including name, title, address, telephone number, personal email address, employment history, and qualifications.
  • Any information you provide to us during an interview.

How is your personal information collected?

We collect personal information about candidates from the following sources:

  • You, the candidate.
  • Recruitment agencies and vendors we have agreed on terms in place with
  • Professional networking profile
  • Employees and others who refer you to us


How we will use information about you?

We will use the personal information we collect about you to:

  • Assess your skills, qualifications, and suitability for the role.
  • Carry out background and reference checks, where applicable.
  • Communicate with you about the recruitment process.
  • Keep records related to our hiring processes.
  • Comply with legal or regulatory requirements.
  • We also need to process your personal information to decide whether to enter into a contract of employment with you.

Having received your CV, cover letter, and/or your application form, we will then process that information to decide whether you meet the basic requirements to be screened by our in-house recruitment team for the role. If you do, we will decide whether your application is strong enough to invite you for an interview, be it by telephone, in person, or by other electronic means. If we decide to engage you for an interview, we will use the information you provide to us at the interview to decide whether to offer you the role. If we decide to offer you the role, we will then take up references before confirming your appointment.

If you fail to provide personal information

If you fail to provide information when requested, which is necessary for us to consider your application (such as evidence of qualifications or work history), we will not be able to process your application successfully and we will not be able to take your application further.

Automated decision-making

You will not be subject to decisions that will have a significant impact on you based solely on automated decision-making.

Data sharing With third parties

  • We will only share your personal information with the following third parties for the purposes of processing your application; this may involve sharing your information with other companies within our own group if we consider they may have other relevant vacancies and only if you consent to such sharing
  • All our third-party service providers and other entities in the group are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information in line with our policies. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes. We only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

Data security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal information to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need-to-know. They will only process your personal information on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.

Data retention (how long will you use my information for)

  • We will retain your personal information for a period of 2 years after we have communicated to you our decision about whether to appoint you to the role. We will retain your personal information so that we can make you aware of any suitable alternative roles that arise during this period.
  • We further retain your personal information for that period so that we can show, in the event of a legal claim, that we have not discriminated against candidates on prohibited grounds and that we have conducted the recruitment exercise in a fair and transparent way. After this period, we will securely destroy your personal information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
  • If you would prefer that we did not retain your personal information, you can notify us at any time and we will delete your personal information.


Rights of access, correction, erasure, and restriction

Under certain circumstances, by law, you have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal information (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
  • Request correction of the personal information that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected.
  • Request erasure of your personal information. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal information where there is no good reason for us to continue to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal information where you have exercised your right to object to processing (see below).
  • Object to processing of your personal information where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object to where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes.
  • Request the restriction of processing of your personal information. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of personal information about you, for example, if you want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it.

Right to withdraw consent

When you applied for this role, you provided consent to us processing your personal information for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. You have the right to withdraw your consent for processing for that purpose at any time.

To withdraw your consent, please contact the Recruitment Manager. Once we have received notification that you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer process your application, and, subject to our policies, we will dispose of your personal data securely.

Data protection officer

We have appointed a data protection officer (DPO) to oversee compliance with this privacy notice. If you have any questions about this privacy notice or how we handle your personal information, please contact the DPO by email, at info@jstreetdentalgroup.com.