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Toolkit for Dental Health Professionals Evidence-Based Dental Public Health Data Tools and Statistics Patient Information Oral Health Tutorial for Dental Public Health Professionals Purpose: Provides instruction for public health dental practitioners that focuses on finding and evaluating information relevant to This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. N01-LM-6-3505 under the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

Module 1: Toolkit for Dental Public Health Professionals

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The updated version of this tutorial is available here: http://www.slideshare.net/uthsclib/module-1-toolkit-for-dental-public-health-professionals-1724872 Module 1 of the Oral Health Tutorial, a production of UT HSC Libraries. This module focuses on public health dentistry. View this tutorial to learn how to define public health dentistry and to identify professional resources to help stay informed of developments in public health dentistry. This tutorial is copyright Lara Sapp and Julie Gaines. Uploaded with permission.

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Toolkit for Dental Health Professionals

Evidence-Based Dental Public Health

Data Tools and Statistics

Patient Information

Oral Health Tutorial for Dental Public Health Professionals

Purpose: Provides instruction for public health dental practitioners that focuses on finding and evaluating information relevant to public health dental practice.

This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. N01-LM-6-3505 under the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

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Toolkit for Dental Public Health Professionals

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Objectives

Define public health dentistry

Identify professional resources to help you stay informed of developments in public health dentistry

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Definition

Dental public health is the science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organized community efforts. It is that form of dental practice that serves the community as a patient rather than the individual.

American Association of Public Health Dentistry

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Major Associations and Organizations

American Association for Community Dental Programs

American Association of Public Health Dentistry - Competency Statements for Dental Public Health

American Dental Hygienists’ Association

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Major Associations and Organizations (cont.)

American Dental Association

Hispanic Dental Association

American Public Health Association: Oral Health Section

Centers for Disease Control: Division of Oral Health

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Major Associations and Organizations (cont.)

International Association for Disability and Oral Health

National Dental Association

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center

Public Health Foundation

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Major Associations and Organizations (cont.)

Texas Dental Association

Texas Dental Hygienists’ Association

Texas Dental Assistants Association

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Education and Training

Accreditation Standards:

American Dental Association: Accreditation Standards for Dental Public Health

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Education and Training

Residency and Fellowship Programs:

American Association of Public Health Dentistry

Association of Schools of Public Health

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

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Education and Training (cont.)

Continuing Education Programs:

American Public Health Association

TRAIN National

Note: many schools of public health also offer continuing education programs, including Harvard (Center for Continuing Professional Education, www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/); University of North Carolina (School of Public Health Office of Continuing Education, http://www.sph.unc.edu/oce); University of Albany (Center for Public Health Continuing Education, http://www.albany.edu/sph/coned/); and Johns Hopkins University (http://www.jhsph.edu/academics/continuing_ed/).

A list of Schools of Public Health is available on the website of the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) at http://www.asph.org/.

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Meetings and Conferences American Association for Community Dental Programs

The annual symposium is held as a pre-conference session to the National Oral Health Conference.

American Public Health AssociationThe APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition is the oldest and largest gathering of public health professionals in the world.

National Oral Health ConferenceThe National Oral Health Conference is sponsored by the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors, the American Association of Public Health Dentistry, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Legislation and Policy

American Academy of Pediatric DentistryThe mission of the AAPD is to advocate policies, guidelines and programs that promote optimal oral health and oral health care for children.

Center for Health PolicyA project of the School of Nursing at Columbia University, the Center is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to document, analyze, and disseminate public health legal principles relating to improved oral health through community water fluoridation, identifying the legal boundaries and considerations that pervade debates about community water fluoridation and thus furthering CDC’s goal of raising the proportion of the population with access to fluoridated water.

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Legislation and Policy (cont.)

Healthy People 2010 Objectives for Oral HealthThe overall goal of the Healthy People 2010 oral health objectives is to prevent and control oral and craniofacial diseases, conditions, and injuries and improve access to related services.

National Center for FluoridationNCF was created to provide information within that network of scientists, educators, public officials, organizational representatives, and media concerned about the availability of reliable, timely, and scientifically-based information about community water fluoridation.

National Conference of State Legislatures: State Childrens’ Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Dental Care for Kids

The National Conference of State Legislatures is a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths and territories. NCSL provides research, technical assistance and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues.

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Public Health Dentistry Journals Open Access Journals

Journal of Contemporary Dental PracticeProvides a peer-reviewed forum for professionals to contribute new findings to the literature.

Bio Med CentralPeer-reviewed, scientific articles available in all areas of medical research.

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Public Health Dentistry Journals (cont.)

Open Access Journals

Directory of Open Access Journals(DOAJ)Categorized, searchable links to 3700 full-text scientific and scholarly journals in all subjects and languages.

Free Medical JournalsFull text medical journals categorized by specialty or alphabetized by title; variety of languages.

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Public Health Dentistry Journals (cont.)

Journal of Public Health DentistryOriginal research, methods and review articles relevant to the advancement of public health dentistry.

Community Dental HealthScientific articles concerned with disease prevention, health service planning and health promotion.

Community Dentistry and Oral EpidemiologyBehavioral sciences literature related to dentistry, health services research and methodological reports.

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Public Health Dentistry Journals (cont.)

Journal of the American Dental AssociationReliable, peer-reviewed source of information on dentistry and dental science.

Journal of Dental HygienePublished by the American Dental Hygienists’ Association to provide refereed, original research articles concerned with the practice and education of dental hygiene.

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Public Health Dentistry Journals (cont.)

Journal of Dentistry for ChildrenPublishes topics related to the clinical care of children; provides information on the physical, psychological and emotional conditions of children related to and affecting their dental health.

Pediatric Dentistry Includes scientific articles, case reports and abstracts of

current pediatric dental research.

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Public Health Journals American Journal of Public Health

Publishes work that advances the field of public health research, policy, practice and education.

Public Health ReportsPublishes articles in three main areas: public health practice, research, and viewpoints/commentaries with topics such as tobacco control, teenage violence, occupational disease and injury and many others.

Journal of Epidemiology and Community HealthInternational journal that that contains all aspects of epidemiology related to the study and improvement of communities.

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Public Health Journals (cont.)

American Journal of EpidemiologyFor professionals who use epidemiological data. Publishes empirical research findings, methodological developments in the field of epidemiological research, and opinion pieces.

Critical Public Health

Peer-reviewed, critical analyses of theory and practice for researchers and practitioners working in public health, health promotion and related fields.

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E-Books

National Library of Medicine (NLM) Bookshelf Largest collection of biomedical textbooks that can be searched directly from NLM.

FreeBooks4DoctorsFreely available biomedical textbooks categorized by specialty or alphabetized by title; variety of languages.

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Reports and Other Publications

Healthy People 2010 Oral Health Toolkit Toolkit designed to help states, territories, tribes, and communities develop programs that will in turn help eliminate oral health disparities and achieve the nation's Healthy People 2010 oral health objectives.

Journal articles written by CDC staff National Call to Promote Oral Health Released by Department of Health and Human Services in 2003 to improve oral health and prevent disease for all Americans.

Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General (pdf) In May 2000, Surgeon General David Satcher released this report on oral health in America.

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Literature and Guidelines

ASTDD Guidelines for State & Territorial Oral Health ProgramsProvide guidance to health agency officials and public health administrators in the development and operation of oral health programs at the state level.

Guidelines and Recommendations from the CDCGuidelines and recommendations for community prevention programs, fluoride, infection control, oral cancer, and water fluoridation.

National Guideline ClearinghouseThe National Guideline Clearinghouse includes practice guidelines for dental and oral care.

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Grants and Funding Opportunities National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

The American Dental Association Foundation (ADAF) Grants/Scholarships

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Grants On-Line Database (GOLD)

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Grant Opportunities

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Professional Communication: Electronic Lists Community Oral Health Programs

Hosted by the National Maternal and Child Health Resource Center (http://www.mchoralhealth.org) that discusses the operation of local oral health programs.

KidsOralHealthState and federal oral health policies and programs hosted and maintained by the National Maternal and Child Health Resource Center (http://www.mchoralhealth.org).

American Association of Public Health DentistryDiscusses topics related to dental public health.

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Professional Communication: Newsletters

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

American Association for Community Dental Programs (AACDP): The Bellwether: Leading Local Efforts to Improve the Nation's Oral Health

Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD): Oral Health Matters

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Children's Oral Health Electronic Newsletter