5071.0 Improving Access to Oral Health Services

Wednesday, November 11, 2009: 8:30 AM
Oral
Oral health disparities among vulnerable groups is a concern of dental public health programs at the national, state,and local levels. This session will identify factors related to oral health status and barriers to accessing dental care. Also, the session will discuss successful programs and policies that expand access to dental care and promote oral health for children and adults.
Session Objectives: 1. Discuss the oral health provisions in the 2009 Reauthorization for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). 2. Describe prevention and access programs that reach vulnerable children and adults in communities. 3. Identify disparities in oral health status and access to care among children.
Moderator:
Moncy Mathew, DDS, MPH

8:30 AM
(S)CHIP II: What's in it for dental, where did it come from, where to now?
Burton L. Edelstein, DDS,MPH and Meg Booth, MPH
  
8:45 AM
Head Start for oral health: A self-sustaining model for bringing comprehensive dental services to underserved Head Start preschool children in urban DHPSA locations
Larry Vitale, RN, PHN, MPA, Carolyn L. Brown, DDS and Meg Kinsey, MBAc, MPHc
  
9:00 AM
Primary Caries Prevention intervention in a WIC clinic by non-WIC clinic staff
Amos S. Deinard, MD, MPH
  
9:15 AM
Oral health status of Maryland school children by demographics, 2005-2006
Haiyan Chen, MD, PhD, Richard J. Manski, DDS, MBA, PhD and Ronald R. Chenette, DMD, MPH
9:30 AM
Improving Oral Health of Undreserved Populations Using a Virtual Dental Home
Paul Glassman, DDS, MA, MBA
  

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

Organized by: Oral Health
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Social Work

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

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