3425.0 How Can We Make Oral Health a Much Higher National Priority: Power, Policies and Politics!!

Monday, November 5, 2007: 4:30 PM
Oral
The purpose of this panel discussion is to determine how oral health can be made a much higher national priority in our country. What is the role of health care reform and oral health? What is the role of organized dentistry, the dental public health community and Congress?
Session Objectives: 1. To understand the importance of working together for health care reform and oral health 2. To understand what is needed to make oral health a national priority 3. To determine the role of organized dentistry, the public health community and advocacy groups
Organizer:
Myron Allukian, DDS, MPH
Moderator:
Myron Allukian, DDS, MPH
Panelists:
William Prentice, JD MGA , Stephen B. Corbin, DDS, MPH and Caya Lewis, MPH

4:30 PM
How can we make oral health a much higher national priority: Power, policies and politics!!
Stephen B. Corbin, DDS, MPH
        
5:00 PM
Health Care Reform: NOW Is the Time
Erik Olsen

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Organized by: Oral Health
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Latino Caucus, Medical Care, Health Administration, Gerontological Health, APHA

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