Rural dental health resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2008 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/dental/ New York Times article via Yahoo Finance discusses a controversial program in Alaska where dental clinics in rural areas are being run by dental therapists, who with two years of training can perform basic dental work like drilling and filling cavities. http://biz.yahoo.com/nytimes/080428/1194769670629.html?.v=7 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:46:47 CST http://biz.yahoo.com/nytimes/080428/1194769670629.html?.v=7 Reports on children's dental care use in the Alabama and Georgia Medicaid programs and strategies for improving access to dental care. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/chiri/chirident.pdf Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:46:44 CST http://www.ahrq.gov/chiri/chirident.pdf Discusses the sites selected to participate in the Oral Health Initiative. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/oralhealthvol2.pdf Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:10:22 CST http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/oralhealthvol2.pdf Describes the early implementation experiences of the Oral Health Initiative grantees. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/oralhealthvol1.pdf Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:06:01 CST http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/oralhealthvol1.pdf Represents the interests of dental hygienists. Includes publications on oral health. http://www.adha.org/ Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:47:17 CST http://www.adha.org/ Funding for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and FQHC look-a-likes for capital improvement projects. -- Covidien http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1741 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:37:14 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1741 The ADA Foundation funds scholarships for dental students, minority dental students and allied dental students including dental hygiene, dental assisting and dental laboratory technology. -- American Dental Association http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1727 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:26:15 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1727 Provides a list of model oral health programs throughout the U.S. Lists educational resources as well as funding opportunities. -- American Dental Association http://www.communityoralhealthstation.org/ Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:13:38 CST http://www.communityoralhealthstation.org/ Information on free and low-cost health insurance programs for children.Call toll-free at 877.543.7669. -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.insurekidsnow.gov Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:15:47 CST http://www.insurekidsnow.gov A companion to the Safety Net Dental Clinic Manual. This online reference tool focuses on using public health approaches to create health care systems to serve populations that have difficulty accessing the traditional system of oral health service delivery. -- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials http://www.dentalclinicmanual.com/ Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:10:37 CST http://www.dentalclinicmanual.com/ Describes a variety of resources including recent journal articles, materials for use by health professionals and Head Start staff, and organizations that may serve as additional resources. -- National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center http://www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/HeadStartResourceGuide.pdf Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:50:50 CST http://www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/HeadStartResourceGuide.pdf Provides an overview of dental care access and coverage for low-income children. Includes information about rural dental care access. -- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7681.pdf Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:03:45 CST http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7681.pdf Reports the findings of a study investigating rural dentist issues, such as demography, training, practice characteristics, staff, and job satisfaction, in Alabama, California, Maine, and Missouri. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center http://depts.washington.edu/uwrhrc/uploads/RHRC_WP107_Andrilla.pdf Fri, 18 May 2007 09:18:33 CST http://depts.washington.edu/uwrhrc/uploads/RHRC_WP107_Andrilla.pdf Provides summaries of current and completed rural health research projects and related publications addressing the topic of dental health, produced by the Office of Rural Health Policy's funded rural health research centers. -- Rural Health Research Gateway http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/topics/100000058/ Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:35:30 CST http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/topics/100000058/ Searchable database of dental health volunteering opportunities in the United States and abroad. Individuals can search for volunteer opportunities and organizations can use the site to seek dental health volunteers. http://www.dentalvolunteer.com/ Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:08:04 CST http://www.dentalvolunteer.com/ Lists patient education handouts in 17 foreign languages that focus on dental health and care. http://www.dentalcare.com/soap/patient/english/menu_archive.htm Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:17:00 CST http://www.dentalcare.com/soap/patient/english/menu_archive.htm Assists health professionals, educators, program administrators, and others working to promote and improve the oral health of pregnant women, infants, and young children. -- National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center http://www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/maternalguide.pdf Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:54:41 CST http://www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/maternalguide.pdf Through relationships with local healthcare providers, the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile program brings cost effective, high-quality medical, dental and health education services directly to underserved children. There are many of these care mobiles throughout rural areas in the United States. -- McDonald's http://www.rmhc.org/programs/ronald-mcdonald-care-mobile-program Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.rmhc.org/programs/ronald-mcdonald-care-mobile-program A national program which links local governments, businesses, and funders with care providers and schools to help fight untreated oral disease. -- Oral Health America http://www.oralhealthamerica.org/smiles.html Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.oralhealthamerica.org/smiles.html Focuses on initiatives that are advancing one or more of the five action steps outlined in the U.S. Surgeon General's National Call to Action to Promote Oral Health. Awards nine A's for Effort grades to Arkansas, California, Illinois,New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, South Carolina, and Washington. -- Oral Health America http://www.oralhealthamerica.org/pdf/A%20for%20Effort%20Report%20final%20web.pdf Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.oralhealthamerica.org/pdf/A%20for%20Effort%20Report%20final%20web.pdf Series of seven self-contained online modules designed to assist health professionals in managing the oral health of infants and young children. -- National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center http://www.mchoralhealth.org/PediatricOH/index.htm Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.mchoralhealth.org/PediatricOH/index.htm Series of four self-contained online modules designed to help health and early childhood professionals working in community settings promote oral health in the course of promoting general health for infants, children, and their families. -- National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center http://www.mchoralhealth.org/OpenWide/index.htm Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.mchoralhealth.org/OpenWide/index.htm Covers dental clinic development and operations. Includes information on partnerships and planning, facilities and staffing, financing, clinic operations, and quality awareness and improvement. Also includes links to sample policies, budget worksheets and design tips. -- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials http://www.dentalclinicmanual.com/ Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.dentalclinicmanual.com/ Grants to strengthen the research component of dental education, enhance the application of basic and clinical research findings to clinical training and to encourage both dental school and undergraduate students to pursue careers in oral health research. -- National Institutes of Health http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1338 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1338 Dedicated to providing community outreach via the use of mobile medical and dental clinics. Includes news briefs, publications, and funding opportunities. http://www.mobilehealthclinicsnetwork.org/ Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.mobilehealthclinicsnetwork.org/ Results of a study which supports the findings and recommendations of the surgeon general's report on oral health. Suggests a new approach be taken, a seven-year program from high school to dental school, with five of those years a combined college/basic science program and the final two years at a cooperating dental school. -- Community Voices: HealthCare for the Underserved http://www.communityvoices.org/Uploads/DENTAL_PUBLICATION_00108_00139.pdf Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.communityvoices.org/Uploads/DENTAL_PUBLICATION_00108_00139.pdf Presents data, issues, trends, disparities, objectives, and terminology relating to oral health issues in the United States. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/pdf/Volume2/21Oral.pdf Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/pdf/Volume2/21Oral.pdf Highlights CDC's focus on promoting oral health through public health interventions, helping states strengthen their oral health programs, and promoting oral health in communities, schools, and health care settings nationwide. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/AAG/doh.htm Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/AAG/doh.htm Informs State and Federal officials about key issues concerning the structure and financing of dental education and, in particular, to highlight salient public policy considerations. The report's primary focus is on predoctoral dental education (i.e., programs that award D.D.S. or D.M.D. degrees to graduates of U.S. dental schools). -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/nationalcenter/dental.pdf Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:00:00 CST ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/nationalcenter/dental.pdf Provides qualified disabled and elderly people in numerous states free, comprehensive donated treatment by volunteer dentists. http://www.nfdh.org/joomla_nfdh/ Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.nfdh.org/joomla_nfdh/