3140.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

Infant Oral Health Symposium: Health Professional Partnerships toward Oral Health Promotion: Part I I

During this symposium faculty will present in two parts the salient issues affecting promotion of oral health and primary prevention of oral disease from pregnancy through infancy and beyond.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: 1) recognize oral health as integral to overall health 2) understand the value of partnerships toward our national oral health objectives 3) disseminate to expectant and new mothers basic, accurate information about oral health promotion and primary prevention of oral disease for themselves and their newborns.
Panelist(s):Larry K. Olsen, DrPH, CHES
Howard J. Hoffman, MA
Colleen C. Hughes, PhD, RN
Moderator(s):William R. Maas
2:30 PMBaby’s initial oral evaluation; screening & detection of incipient problems; risk factors for early childhood caries
Peter Catapano, DDS
2:40 PMInfant oral health symposium: Health professional partnerships toward oral health promotion Part II
Esther K. Colchamiro, DMD, MPH, Jill B. Fernandez, RDH, MPH
3:00 PMOral hygiene for infants & toddlers; preventing early childhood caries (ECC)
Jill B. Fernandez, RDH, MPH
3:10 PMOral facial injuries/child abuse
David Tarrab, DDS
3:30 PMAnticipatory guidance
Neal G. Herman, DDS, FAAHD
3:40 PMPost Test
3:50 PMPanel Discussion
Sponsor:Oral Health
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:CME, Dental, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA