Overview  

The oral health evaluation is composed of subjective and objective findings based on completion of an oral health history, a risk assessment, and a clinical oral screening. Competencies for primary care providers include identifying and prioritizing strategies to prevent or mitigate risk impact for oral and systemic diseases and stratifying interventions in accordance with the evaluation findings.

This document presents key considerations for integrating oral health evaluation into prenatal care. It also includes summaries of how prenatal clinics integrate oral health evaluation and links to examples from the Integrating Oral Health Care and Primary Care Learning Collaborative: A State and Local Partnership (Integration LC) project.