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    Healthy Mouth for Kids Start Early to Protect Tooth Health

    Oral health is important at every age. A healthy mouth helps you eat and speak, and healthy teeth can give you a winning smile. If you’re caring for young children, you can help them get an early start at protecting their teeth, gums, and mouth.

    Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the MCH Safety Net Overview and Project Profiles: Update 2022

    To improve access to and use of comprehensive, high-quality oral health care for pregnant women, infants, and children at high risk for oral disease, the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) funded the Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI)... Read more about Networks for Oral Health Integration (NOHI) Within the MCH Safety Net Overview and Project Profiles: Update 2022

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    Protect Tiny Teeth Implementation Project: A pediatric oral health medical-dental integration quality improvement project Overview & Results

    The AAP created an interdisciplinary project advisory committee (PAC) comprised of pediatric dentists, dental hygienists, pediatricians, OB/GYNs, and practice managers. This PAC served as subject matter experts to design the project and as speakers during learning sessions. In October 2021, a... Read more about Protect Tiny Teeth Implementation Project: A pediatric oral health medical-dental integration quality improvement project Overview & Results

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    Oral Health Resources for Families

    Oral health is an important part of children's overall health. Although many factors may impact a child's oral health, the resources below will help you educate families about healthy routines, good oral hygiene, proper tooth development, and how fluoride protects teeth.

    Adopting Oral Health Integration to Advance Minimally Invasive Care

    Minimally-Invasive Care (MIC) is effective oral health care that’s less complex than what most people are used to. When people think of dental care, they most often imagine “traditional” dental procedures like drilling and filling cavities, root canals, pulling teeth, and getting dentures (or other... Read more about Adopting Oral Health Integration to Advance Minimally Invasive Care

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    Minimally-Invasive Care and a Representative Oral Health Workforce

    When traditional dental procedures — like drilling and filling cavities and pulling teeth — are medically necessary, access to them is a critical part of ensuring oral health equity. However, less invasive services, collectively referred to as minimally-invasive care (MIC), are often an option...

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    Addressing the Role of Oral Health in Maternal Mortality and Pregnancy Outcomes

    Key points from the report include: 

    • In the US in 2020, 861 individuals died of pregnancy-related causes (an increase of 14% from 2019), and about 1 in 10 babies were born prematurely. 
    • Black and American Indian/Alaska Native women are 2.9 and 2.5...
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    Improving the Oral Health of Young Children in New York: Recommendations from the NYS Early Childhood Oral Health Summit

    On November 14, 2022, the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy, Early Childhood Advisory Council (ECAC), NYS Head Start Collaboration Office, NYS Department of Health, Governor’s Office of New Americans, NYS Developmental Disability Planning Council, and NYS Council on Children and...

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