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Guidebooks
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Guidelines for Providing Dental Services in Skilled Nursing Facilities
Establishing an oral hygiene protocol for the frail and functionally dependent elderly is of special concern to many health care providers. The following guidelines can assist long‐term care facility professionals in caring for their residents’ dental needs.
March 2013
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Reimbursement for Dental Services in a Community Setting
This resource guide was developed to assist Federally Qualified Health Centers navigate the many Federal and State laws, regulations, and policies related to creating sustainable oral health programs in underserved communities.
August 2012
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WIC: Early Entry into Dental Care Guidebook
This online manual provides an overview of the WIC: Early Entry into Dental Care Program and lessons learned, guidance, and tools for groups interested in implementing the program in their own locales. It can be browsed online for free.
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Integrating Oral Health into School Health Programs and Policies
This guidebook is a comprehensive approach to oral health education policy in schools. It is a helpful tool for school board members and superintendents to develop local polices to address oral health in their schools.
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Reports and Briefs
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School Health Policy: An Avenue to Community Collaboration
An evaluation of COH's "School Health Policy: An Avenue to Community Collaboration" project, based on regular check-ins and project-end interviews with key subjects. Prepared by Dana Hughes, DrPH & Anya Gutman, MPH, of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, UCSF.
January 2013
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"Mommy It Hurts to Chew" (2006 Oral Health Needs Assessment)
The Dental Health Foundation (now the Center for Oral Health), in partnership with CDAF, Department of Health Services, Office of Oral Health and Maternal and Child Health Branch and CDHA, screened over 20,000 children in kindergarten and third grade to determine the oral health status of children in California.
February 2006
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Dental Cuts Bite Children, Cost All Californians: The Case for Investing in School-Based Preventive Services
September 2009
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Eliminating Medi-Cal Adult Dental: Costs and Consequences
June 2009
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Legislative Briefings
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Impact of Community-Based Oral Health Services: Reducing the Barriers to Care
October 4, 2011: The legislative briefing, Impact of Community-Based Oral Health Services: Reducing the Barriers to Care was sponsored by the Center for Oral Health. Speakers focused on emphasizing preventive services to reflect the new focus of CMS and the Benefit Exchange, increasing access and utilization rates of dental care by providing services where people are and achieving sustainability and efficiency in public dental health program models.
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