Notice of privacy practices.

Your rights

When it comes to your health information, you have certain rights. This section explains those rights and some of our responsibilities to help you.

Get a copy of your dental record. You can ask to see or get an electronic or paper copy of your dental record and other health information we have about you. We will provide a copy or a summary, usually within 30 days of your request, and we may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee.

Ask us to correct your record. You can ask us to correct health information about you that you think is incorrect or incomplete. We may say no to your request, but we will tell you why in writing, usually within 60 days.

Request confidential communications. You can ask us to contact you in a specific way, for example a home or office phone, or to send mail to a different address. We will say yes to all reasonable requests.

Ask us to limit what we use or share. You can ask us not to use or share certain health information for treatment, payment, or our operations. We are not required to agree, and we may say no if it would affect your care. If you pay for a service in full and out of pocket, you can ask us not to share that information with your health insurer for the purpose of payment or our operations, and we will say yes unless a law requires us to share it.

Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared information. You can ask for a list, called an accounting, of the times we shared your health information for the six years prior to the date you ask, who we shared it with, and why. We will include all disclosures except those about treatment, payment, and health care operations, and certain other disclosures such as any you asked us to make. We will provide one accounting a year for free, and may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee if you ask for another within twelve months.

Get a copy of this notice. You can ask for a paper copy of this notice at any time, even if you agreed to receive it electronically, and we will provide one promptly.

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 confirm that the person has this authority and can act for you before we take any action.

File a complaint if you feel your rights are violated. You can complain by contacting us using the information at the end of this notice, or by filing a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights at 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, by calling 1-877-696-6775, or by visiting hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

Your choices

For certain health information, you can tell us your choices about what we share. If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in the situations described below, talk to us and tell us what you want us to do.

In these cases, you have both the right and the choice to tell us to share information with your family, close friends, or others involved in your care; to share information in a disaster relief situation; and to include your information in a facility directory. If you are not able to tell us your preference, for example if you are unconscious, we may go ahead and share your information if we believe it is in your best interest, or when needed to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.

We never share your information for marketing purposes or sell your information without your written permission. We do not share psychotherapy notes.

How we typically use or share your health information

To treat you. We can use your health information and share it with other professionals who are treating you. For example, a laboratory fabricating a restoration for you, or a specialist we are coordinating with, may be given the information needed to do that work.

To run our practice. We can use and share your health information to run our practice, improve your care, and contact you when necessary. For example, we may use your information to manage your treatment and services.

Appointment reminders and treatment information. We may contact you by phone, text, email, or mail to remind you about an appointment, to follow up after treatment, or to tell you about treatment options and health-related services that may be relevant to your care. Tell us at any time if you would prefer we contact you a different way, or not at all, for these purposes.

To bill for your services. We can use and share your health information to bill and get payment from health plans or other entities. For example, we may give information about you to your dental plan so it will pay for your treatment.

Other ways we may use or share your information

We are allowed or required to share your information in other ways, usually in ways that contribute to the public good, such as public health and research. We have to meet many conditions in the law before we can share your information for these purposes. More detail is available at hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals.

Public health and safety issues. We can share health information about you in certain situations, such as preventing disease, helping with product recalls, reporting adverse reactions to medications, reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence, and preventing or reducing a serious threat to anyone’s health or safety.

Research. We can use or share your information for health research.

Compliance with the law. We will share information about you if state or federal laws require it, including with the Department of Health and Human Services if it wants to see that we are complying with federal privacy law.

Organ and tissue donation, and medical examiners. We can share health information about you with organ procurement organizations, and we can share information with a coroner, medical examiner, or funeral director when an individual dies.

Workers’ compensation, law enforcement, and other government requests. We can use or share health information about you for workers’ compensation claims, for law enforcement purposes or with a law enforcement official, with health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law, and for special government functions such as military and veteran activities or national security.

Lawsuits and legal actions. We can share health information about you in response to a court or administrative order, or in response to a subpoena.

Our responsibilities

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

California law provides additional protections for your medical information under the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, and gives you the right to inspect and receive copies of your records. Where state and federal law differ, we follow the one that gives you greater protection.

Changes to this notice

We can change the terms of this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. The new notice will be available upon request, in our office, and on this page.

Questions or complaints

Dr. Mojdeh “Shay” Shayestehfar serves as the Privacy Officer for Linden Dental Care. To exercise any of the rights described above, to ask a question about this notice, or to raise a concern, contact her at:

Dr. Mojdeh “Shay” Shayestehfar, Privacy Officer
Linden Dental Care
462 N Linden Dr, Suite 246
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 305-4644

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Effective August 16, 2026.