Oral health during childhood is more important than you might think. Did you know tooth decay is the most common chronic disease among children? Learning good oral health habits early can change a child's life! Poor oral health can cause significant pain, infections, difficulty chewing or...
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.
This course will introduce you to value-based care (VBC) in oral health. We will examine the five key areas of oral health value-based care and explore the limitations of the current health care system in the United States. In this course, you will learn how VBC in oral health differs from the...
General pediatricians cover so many different topics in a routine well child exam that it can often feel overwhelming. We assess our patients’ diets, sleep, development, social circumstances, and evaluate them for depression and anxiety, to name a few of the issues “in our lane.” Count oral...
Children need baby teeth for eating, speaking and growing. Baby teeth also hold space for future adult teeth. Taking care of your child’s baby teeth is important for a lifetime of healthy smiles. Please answer the following questions so that you can have a better understanding of the health of your... Read more about Your Child Can Keep that Healthy Smile!
Welcome to Open Wide: Oral Health Training for Health Professionals and Early Childhood Professionals—Second Edition, a series of four modules designed to help professionals working in programs (e.g., Head Start, home visiting, WIC) promote oral health in the course of promoting...
Why a Medical-Dental Integration Implementation Guide?
Medical-dental integration is worth the effort, but challenging. Medical and dental settings often work completely independently with their own electronic health or electronic dental records and patient scheduling systems. This...
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.
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
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...
CMS has an ambitious agenda and a bold plan to meet our mission. All of our work is organized and managed along six CMS strategic pillars that promote the establishment of broad programmatic goals. Inherent in our work is an unyielding focus on the customer experience to expand coverage and...
This oral health video library contains one video correlating with each well-child visit from 2 months to age 5 as well as a prenatal/introduction to the library. Each video contains one small, digestible piece of oral health information aimed at closing the oral health literacy gap for families of... Read more about Dental Steps for Maine: Oral Health Video Library
The MORE Care Ohio pilot kicked off in November 2022 as a collaboration between CareQuest Institute and Oral Health Ohio, a coalition of statewide partners who...
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...
The AAP Oral Health Risk Assessment tool has been updated to streamline and support this essential component of the well-child visit. The tool is now accompanied by an intake form to collect pertinent patient information from parents/caregivers. An updated self-management goal sheet supports...