September 17, 2019
What: The quarterly meeting of the Dental Pilot Project Advisory. The meeting will cover Dental Pilot Project #100, “Oregon Tribes Dental Health Aide Therapist Pilot Project.”
Agenda: Presentation by Donald Chi, DDS, PhD; update by project sponsor; OHA evaluation and monitoring activities; scoring methodology.
When: Sept. 23, 1-4 p.m. A public comment period will be held at the end of the meeting.
Where: Portland State Office Building, Room 900, 800 NE Oregon St., Portland. Conference line: 888-636-3807, access code 793800.
Background: Dental Pilot Projects are intended to evaluate the quality of care, access, cost, workforce, and efficacy of teaching new skills to existing categories of dental personnel; developing new categories of dental personnel; accelerating the training of existing categories of dental personnel; or teaching new oral health care roles to previously untrained persons.
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