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prevention Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health Pocket Guide Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health-Pocket Guide is a resource to assist health professionals in providing oral health care for infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant and postpartum women. The pocket guide was developed by the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center working in collaboration with the Bright Futures Education Center at the American Academy of Pediatrics, with support from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The pocket guide offers health professionals an overview of preventive oral health supervision for five developmental periods-pregnancy and postpartum, infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. It is designed to be a useful tool for a wide array of health professionals including dentists, dental hygienists, physicians, physician assistants, nurses, dietitians, and others. The pocket guide is available from the Bright Futures Oral Health Toolbox at http://www.mchoralhealth.org/Toolbox/professionals.html. Ordering information also at this website. Fact Sheet: Promoting Awareness, Preventing Pain: Facts
on Early Childhood Caries (ECC) It is available on the OHRC Web site at http://www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/ECCFactSheet.pdf. Healthy Smile, Happy Child: Early childhood caries prevention Materials on early childhood caries prevention are provided, including a brochure, anticipatory guidance curriculum, presenter materials, and fluoride varnish training manual. http://www.mchoralhealth.org/materials/multiples/healthysmile.html or contact Christine Forsch, Nevada Bureau of Family Health Services (telephone – 775/684-4285) American Academy of Pediatric Dentists – Caries
Risk Assessment Tool http://www.aapd.org/members/referencemanual/pdfs/02-03/P_CariesRiskAssess.pdf Open Wide http://www.dph.state.ct.us or order through the HRSA Clearinghouse, http://www.ask.hrsa.gov. An online version is also available: http://www.mchoralhealth.org/OpenWide/. Share the Care – Dental Health Initiative of San
Diego Referrals for dental care can be made by school nurses and health assistants, health clinics, and community agencies. Children ages 5-18 years who are eligible for free or reduced school lunch and do not have resources for dental care are eligible. Dental Health resources are available on the website and include brochures, curricula and activities related to dental health, nutrition, dental safety, and training materials http://www.sharethecaredental.org; telephone: 619/692-8858 Project: PREVENTION! Early childhood cavities prevention
provider training manual This packet was disseminated to pediatricians, family practice physicians, general practice physicians, obstetrician/gynecologists, pediatric nurse practitioners, physician assistants, public health nurses, WIC programs, Early Head Start Programs, tribal clinics, and Federally Qualified Health Centers. It includes reproducible handouts for families, anticipatory guidance, and questionnaires. http://www.dhs.state.or.us/publichealth/dental/eccp/p-toc.cfm Lift the Lip University of Washington School of Dentistry, http://www.dental.washington.edu/conted/store/video.htm#lip; Washington Association of Local WIC Agencies (WALWICA), http://www.walwica.org/atwalwica.htm#products Baby Teeth: Love ‘em and Lose ‘em Washington Association of Local WIC Agencies, http://www.walwica.org/atwalwica.htm#products Baby Teeth II: The first dental visit with Sam Smile Washington Association of Local WIC Agencies, http://www.walwica.org/atwalwica.htm#products Brushing Baby Teeth Daily University of Washington School of Dentistry:http://www.dental.washington.edu/conted/store/video.htm#babyteeth Preventive guidelines for the preschool patient This article provides guidelines for dentists (risk factors, preventive guidelines), and is useful for non-dental professional as well. http://www.agd.org/library/2005/feb/Soxman_153.pdf Head Start: An Opportunity to Improve the Oral Health
of Children and Families This document discusses Head Start programs’ potential role in providing participants with access to oral health services, including education, screenings, and examinations and includes a profile of current Head Start participants, describes their access to oral health services and their oral health status, and outlines promising strategies. It is intended for use by policymakers, researchers, health professionals, and others interested in improving children's oral health. http://www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/HSOHFactSheet.pdf The Oral Health Tip Sheet for Head Start Staff: Working
with Parents to Improve Access to Oral Health Care This tip sheet is intended to help Head Start staff working with health professionals ensure that pregnant women, infants, and children enrolled in Head Start receive oral care. http://www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/HSOHTipParent.pdf Minnesota Dental Association Website Colgate: Bright Smiles, Bright Futures http://www.colgatebsbf.com/parents/par_oral_preg.asp Fluoride and Fluoridation http://www.ada.org/public/topics/fluoride/facts/index.asp Community Water Fluoridation: A state best practice
in dental caries prevention http://www.astho.org/templates/display_pub.php?pub_id=556&admin=1 Proceedings of the Head Start Partners Oral Health Forum This special reprint of portions of the Journal of Public Health Dentistry presents papers and responses given at the September 1999 Head Start Partners Oral Health Forum. General topics covered include nutrition and oral health; partnering for oral health; prevention, suppression, and management of caries; and accessing oral health services. The forum focused on early childhood in general and on participants in Head Start, Early Head Start, and WIC. Available at no charge. HRSA Information Center http://www.ask.hrsa.gov or telephone: 888-ASK-HRSA; Document number MCHN023. Screening for Dental Risk http://www.mchoralhealth.org/Toolbox/professionals.html#Screening. Medical Providers Oral Health Education Project, New
Hampshire 2002-2005 This is a project in New Hampshire to educate physicians about caries
in children through age 36 months through workshops, intensive education,
follow-up, and tracking. Training materials, including age-specific parent
dental questionnaires (with scoring guidelines) and provider prompts,
oral health assessment and recommendations, protocols, and anticipatory
guidance materials. Head Start Oral Health Awareness Lesson Plans: A teacher's
guide for creating healthy smiles These lesson plans, developed for Head Start classrooms in Maryland contain activities, songs, and projects intended to help introduce good oral health habits to young children. Available at no charge online: http://www.fha.state.md.us/oralhealth/html/hsplan.html; or telephone 410/767-5300. Early Childhood Caries: Trainings and Protocols This manual outlines training for early childhood caries prevention for non-oral health professionals. The manual also contains illustrations, question sheets, checklists, sample forms, and handouts written in English, Vietnamese, Spanish, and Russian. LeAnn Dooley, Multnomah County Health Department; telephone: 503/988-3905.
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