5178.0 Oral Health Interventions to Improve Access to Dental Care for Children

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: Identify programs that reduce barriers to access to dental services. Outline the social determinants that contribute to early childhood caries. Evaluate prevention programs to reduce early childhood caries. Describe methods to develop cost-effectiveness data for public health programs.
Moderator:
Kathy Lituri, RDH, MPH

12:30pm
Exploring Incentives Desired by Dentists to Increase Acceptance of Medicaid Patients
Rachel Embree and Woosung Sohn
     
12:45pm
Deamonte Driver Dental Project provides social justice for the underserved: A community-based model
Jasmine Sligh
     
1:00pm
Oral Health Status of Saskatchewan School children: 2008-2009 Dental Screening Report
Vinay Kumar Pilly, BDS, MPH
        
1:15pm
Assessing costs and savings associated with interventions implemented to reduce early childhood caries
Joan O'Connell, PhD and Judith Albino, PhD
     
1:30pm
Family Centered Health Home - A Health Practice Model to Improve Total Health through an Innovative Dental Education Model
Jack Dillenberg, DDS, MPH
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Oral Health
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, School Health Education and Services, Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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