Oral Health

The Oral Health Guide: Community Water Fluoridation, 2nd Ed. addresses prevention of tooth decay through community water fluoridation. This guide provides information to board of health members about best practices and resources for promoting oral health and community water fluoridation.

 

The Oral Health Guide: Dental Sealant Delivery Programs, 2nd Ed. focuses on school-based pit and fissure dental sealant delivery programs to prevent tooth decay. This guide provides information to board of health members about best practices and resources for promoting oral health and dental sealant delivery programs.
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American Association for Community Dental Programs (AACDP): Model Framework for Community Oral Health Programs Based Upon the Ten Essential Public Health Services

 

Association for State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD): Proven and Promising Best Practices for State and Community Oral Health Programs

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): CDC’s Oral Health Strategic Plan for 2011-2015

 

Health and Human Services (HHS): HHS Oral Health Initiative 2010

 

Healthy People 2020: Oral Health

 

Institute of Medicine: Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations (2011)

 

The Guide to Community Preventive Services: Oral Health

 

United States Surgeon General: Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General (2000)

Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)
Assessing Oral Health Needs: ASTDD Seven-Step Model

 

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Oral Health Risk Assessment Tool

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD): Ask Your Dentist About Fluoride Brochure

 

American Dental Association (ADA): Fluoride and Fluoridation

 

American Public Health Association (APHA): Community Water Fluoridation in the United States

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): My Water’s Fluoride
Community Water Fluoridation

 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Basic Information about Fluoride in Drinking Water

 

FLUID: Fluoride Legislative User Information Database (FLUID)

 

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR): Community Water Fluoridation Status by State

 

National Research Council: Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA’s Standards

 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Proposed HHS Recommendation for Fluoride Concentration in Drinking Water for Prevention of Dental Caries

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD): Ask Your Dentist About Sealants Brochure

 

American Association for Community Dental Programs (AACDP): Seal America: The Prevention Invention

 

Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD): School-Based Dental Sealant Programs

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): School-Based Dental Sealant Programs

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Oral Health Initiative: Protecting All Children’s Teeth (PACT)

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): CDC-Sponsored Water Fluoridation Training

 

National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP): Oral Health
Moving Forward Together: Implementing New Oral Health Provisions at the State Level (Webinar)

 

Open Wide: Oral Health Training for Health Professionals

American Dental Association

 

Delta Dental

 

Grants.gov

 

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

 

Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children

 

Oral Health America