AAPD Resources
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This report from the Primary Care Collaborative contains updates and information about oral health care and primary care integration, drawing attention to successful models and policies.
View the report here.
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This article published in the Journal of the American Dental Association provides information on how new Medicaid policies allowing preventive oral health services delivery in medical offices “granted children under age 3 with intellectual and developmental disabilities better access to preventive oral health services.”
View the article here.
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For our third and final year conducting research on oral health promotion in primary care, we developed a predictive model based on information noted in the early well-child visits at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The model characterizes the likelihood a child will develop oral disease or show risk of future disease at the time of their first dental visit. With this predictive tool, health care providers can easily administer caries-risk assessment as a part of the well-child visit without taking time from other, equally important, health concerns. These are innovative and promising results for streamlining caries risk assessment in primary care settings.
Click here to read the report.
Appendix A: Candidate Risk Factors Considered in Developing the Predictive Models
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The second phase of our study sought to identify health screening measures already intrinsic to the well-child encounter that might also be associated with caries risk, with an aim of ultimately creating a history-based caries-risk screening tool that more easily assimilates into the workflow of a well-child visit. This phase of our research produced thought-provoking results for both pediatric dentists and pediatric medical professionals.
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The AAPD collected information and insights from medical providers who successfully integrated oral health promotion into their practices using surveys, focus groups, and practice observations. We gathered data on workflow, caries-risk assessment tools, documentation of oral health activities, payment for oral health services, challenges to implementing oral health promotion in the primary care setting, referral system and relationships with dentists, and family/caregiver response, as well as suggestions for system improvement and simplification.
Interprofessional Resources
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OHNEP has developed several Interprofessional Oral Health Faculty Tool Kits for primary care nurse practitioner and midwifery programs. The Tool Kits facilitate the integration of oral-systemic health content, teaching-learning strategies, and clinical experiences into nurse practitioner and midwifery curricula. This integration is intended to improve oral health and enhance the health of the communities that faculty, clinicians and organizations serve.
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Bright Futures is a pocket guide that provides health care professionals with recommendations for pediatric health supervision and anticipatory guidance for age-based visits. Its Periodicity Schedule presents screenings, assessments, physical examinations, and procedures that are recommended for each age-based visit. The anticipatory guidance in Bright Futures focuses on children at each stage of their lives so that they can consistently receive the best care possible as they grow up.
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This is a white paper that advocates for the incorporation of preventive oral healthcare into routine medical care. The Oral Health Delivery Framework presented in the paper consists of five steps that primary care teams can take to protect and promote oral health. These steps include offering preventive interventions and structured referrals to dentistry, and all are within the scope of practice for primary care providers.
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This guide provides tools to help primary care practices integrate oral health into routine medical care. This plan allows primary care providers to offer whole-person care and improve patient outcomes and experiences by implementing screening for oral health risk factors and active disease, initiating appropriate preventive interventions, and coordinating dental care for those with active disease.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an organization of pediatricians committed to the well-being of children of all ages. Through collaboration between medical and dental homes, the AAP works to improve children’s oral health. The AAP’s Section on Oral Health and Chapter Oral Health Advocates provides education, training and advocacy for pediatricians, dentists, other health professionals and families.
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Smiles for Life is a national oral health curriculum by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. The curriculum consists of eight 60-minute modules covering core areas of oral health relevant to health professionals in the promotion of oral health for all age groups. Continuing education credit is available free of charge to many health professionals.
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MOTIVATE is an online resource library that can be used to search for information on oral health. Developed by Lunder-Dineen, it provides access to reference materials that can help guide interprofessional oral health education and practice. The library is a resource to learn and raise awareness about oral health.
Click here to access the resource.