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Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health

This guide is designed to help health professionals implement specific oral health guidelines during infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence.
www.brightfutures.org/

Bright Futures also offers an oral health toolbox and pocket guide.
www.mchoralhealth.org/toolbox/professionals.php

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Oral Health Resources
www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/index.htm

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC)

Website contains a variety of information for individuals working in oral health. The site contains a database of oral health programs, which is used to collect and provide contact and program information to those working in oral health. It also contains the brochures about Healthy Smile for Your Baby and Two Healthy Smiles.
www.mchoralhealth.org

Oral Health America

Develops, implements, and facilitates educational and service programs designed to improve the oral health of all Americans.
www.oralhealthamerica.org

Oregon Health Plan (OHP) Benefits

Providers or organizations who work with Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) clients can compare medical and dental plans by county from the Oregon Health Authority's website.
www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/OHP/Pages/Plans.aspx


Medical Pediatrics

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

AAP offers an extensive list of and easy access to online resources for the pediatric health provider.
www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/Oral-Health/Pages/Oral-Health.asp

AAP has also developed a Pediatric Guide to Oral Health Flip Chart and Reference Guide in both English and Spanish
www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/Oral-Health/Pages/Pediatric-Oral-Health-Flip-Chart-and-Reference-Guide.aspx

Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit

The toolkit offers primary care practices a way to assess their services for health literacy considerations, raise awareness of the entire staff, and work on specific areas.
http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/literacy-toolkit/index.html


Pediatric Dentistry

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD)

Informational brochures for parents:
www.aapd.org/publications/brochures/


Fluoride Varnish

Smiles Across America

This site has an application to receive donated fluoride varnish.
https://oralhealthamerica.org/our-work/smiles-across-america/product-donation/


Nutrition

Help Me Be Healthy

Resources and educational pamphlets for a healthy start developed by WIC's health professionals for an active and healthy community.
www.helpmebehealthy.net/


Pregnancy Information

The California Dental Association (CDA) Foundation

CDA produced the resources Cavity Keep Away and Oral Health During Pregnancy & Early Childhood: Evidence-based Guidelines for Health Professionals that are available to download for free.
www.cdafoundation.org/education/perinatal-oral-health


Special Health Care Needs

Washington State Department of Health

Guidance and fact sheets for people with special health needs.
http://www.doh.wa.gov/ForPublicHealthandHealthcareProviders/HealthcareProfessionsandFacilities/PatientCareResources/OralHealth/PatientswithSpecialNeeds


Community Fluoridation

National Center for Fluoridation Policy and Research (NCFPR)

Serves as a central repository for information regarding all aspects of community water fluoridation.
http://waterfluoridationcenter.org/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/

Healthy Teeth for a Lifetime

http://healthyteeth.us/

Campaign for Dental Health

http://ilikemyteeth.org/