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Futures |
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Bright
Futures in Practice: Oral Health—Pocket Guide |
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National
Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
This guide is designed to help health professionals implement specific oral health
guidelines during pregnancy and postpartum, infancy, early childhood, middle
childhood, and adolescence. |
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Bright Futures Health Supervision Guidelines,
3rd edition
American Academy of Pediatrics
The centerpiece of the Bright Futures program, the guidelines
provide child health promotion information and guidance for
health professionals from pediatricians to public health officials
to school nurses. |
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| Curricula |
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A
Health Professional's Guide to
Pediatric Oral Health Management
National
Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center |
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This
curriculum consists of seven
modules with information on performing oral screenings
to identify
infants
and children at increased risk for oral health problems,
offering referrals to oral health professionals, and providing
parents with anticipatory guidance. |
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Dental
Health Screening and Fluoride Varnish Application
University of Minnesota
This continuing education course covers the etiology and prevention
of tooth decay, strategies for prevention, oral health screening and
examination, the fluoride varnish application procedure, and the billing
process. |
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Healthy
Smile Happy Child: Early Childhood Caries Prevention
Nevada
Bureau of Family Health Services
This training aid/kit contains materials on ECC prevention
and fluoride varnish, including a brochure, an anticipatory guidance
curriculum, and manuals. The curriculum includes schedules
(prenatal to age 2) and resources for oral health care. A separate manual
provides information for health professionals on fluoride varnish application,
as well as parent information and consent forms (in English and Spanish). |
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Open
Wide: Oral Health Training for
Health Professionals
National Maternal
and Child Oral Health Resource Center |
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This
curriculum is designed to help
health and early childhood professionals (for example, Head
Start and WIC staff) working in community settings promote
oral health. The series of four modules present providers
with information about tooth decay, risk factors, and prevention
and highlight
anticipatory guidance to share with parents. |
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Open
Wide: Oral Health Training for Non-Dental Health and
Human Services Providers
Connecticut
Department of Public Health, Oral
Health Unit
This curriculum is designed for the oral health training of non-oral-health
professional and human services providers, including physicians, nurses,
nutritionists, child care workers, and others. |
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Guides/Manuals |
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Partners
in Prevention: Getting a Head Start on Oral Health—An
Infant/Toddler Oral Health Continuing Education Course
New York University,
College of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry; New
York Head Start Association
This "train the trainers” manual for continuing
education is designed for Head Start staff. Topics include prenatal care,
pregnancy
and oral health; oral pathology of the infant and young child; oral manifestation
of
systemic disease, tooth formation, eruption, and teething; nutritive and non-nutritive
sucking; acquisition of the oral flora; oral hygiene and preventing early childhood
caries; fluoride benefits; diet and nutrition; oral facial trauma and child abuse;
simple rules for good oral health; and a summary of anticipatory guidance. |
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Planning
Guide for Dental Professionals Serving Children with
Special Health Care Needs
University of Southern California University Affiliated Program, Children's Hospital
Los Angeles
This guide promotes a framework within which oral health professionals can communicate
and work with families to ensure that appropriate, high-quality oral health care
is provided both at home and in the dental office. |
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Practical
Oral Care for People with Developmental Disabilities:
Making a Difference
National
Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
This series of publications is designed to equip oral health professionals with
information on delivering high-quality oral health care to people with special
health care needs. Strategies for care covering topics such as mobility, neuromuscular
and behavioral problems, sensory impairment, and other treatment considerations
are discussed in the context of the general dental office setting. |
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| Screening/Risk
Assessment |
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Clinical
Caries Risk Assessment
Kids
Get Care
This assessment tool is designed to help clinicians assess children's
oral health and habits. It is intended for use in both community and
clinical settings, and it includes guidance for parents and other caregivers
on preventive oral health practices. |
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Oral
Conditions in Children with Special Needs: A Guide for
Health Care Providers
California Connections Project
This fact sheet provides full-color photographs of oral conditions, each
accompanied by a paragraph of descriptive text and a recommendation for
health professionals who encounter the condition. Oral conditions described
include tooth eruption, malocclusion, tooth anomalies, developmental
defects, viral infections, gingival infections, dental caries, oral trauma,
bruxism (tooth grinding), and gingival overgrowth resulting from medications.
Most of the recommendations include indications for referral and counseling
for parents. |
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Oral Health Risk Assessment
Timing and Establishment of the Dental Home
American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Pediatric Dentistry
This policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics
Section on Pediatric Dentistry focuses on guidelines for the
identification of pregnant women and children at high risk
for dental caries. |
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Oral
Health Risk Assessment: Training for Pediatricians and
Other Child Health Professionals
American
Academy of Pediatrics
This continuing education activity for pediatricians and other primary care
health professionals provides an overview of how to conduct an oral health
risk assessment and triage for infants and young children. CME credit is
available. |
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Pediatric
Office Guide to Oral Health Care
Seattle
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
This small flip chart is designed to help primary care physicians check for early
childhood caries. Discussion topics, including toothbrushing, toothpaste, healthy
food choices, and fluoride, assist physicians in talking with parents about oral
health. Pictures illustrate what to look for during visual inspection, and descriptions
of the appearance of mild, moderate, and severe tooth decay are included. |
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Policy
on the Use of a Caries-Risk Assessment Tool for Infants,
Children and Adolescents
American Academy
of Pediatric Dentistry
This policy statement outlines the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry's
policy on the use of a caries-risk assessment tool and includes the instrument. |
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| Anticipatory
Guidance Tools |
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Age
Appropriate Anticipatory Guidance
First5 Oral
Health
These
color charts provide oral health anticipatory guidance
on the following developmental stages: prenatal, birth
to age 1, ages 1–2, and ages 3–5. |
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Fact
Sheets for Families
California
Childcare Health Program
These fact sheets for families include oral health topics such as oral
health and pregnancy, teething, and nutrition. They are written in easy-to-understand
language and are tailored to the perspectives of families. They are designed
to be distributed to families directly by child care providers. The fact
sheets are available in English and Spanish. |
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Healthy
Teeth Begin at Birth
First5 Oral
Health
This brochure for parents explains the importance of “baby teeth” and
how early oral health care should begin. Tips are provided for parents about
oral health care before and after teeth appear, the importance of visiting the
dentist before age 1, and the role of fluoride and healthy nutrition habits. |
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| Resources for
Families |
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A
Healthy Mouth for Your Baby
National Institute
of Dental Research
This brochure for parents of infants and young children highlights the importance
of using fluoride to protect teeth, cleaning the infant's or child's teeth, and
preventing early childhood caries (ECC). |
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Brush
Up on Healthy Teeth: Simple Steps for Kids' Smiles
National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
This information package contains materials on oral health tips to help parents
take care of their children’s teeth and to teach good oral health habits. |
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Care
of Teeth
National Center for Farmworker
Health
This handout explains toothbrushing, flossing, and oral
home care with illustrations and brief text. |
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First
Aid
Indiana State Department of Health, Oral Health Program
This electronic reference tool is intended for use by the general public in treating
minor dental emergencies in children. Information about primary and permanent
tooth eruption is also provided. |
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Fluoridated
Water: Questions and Answers
National Cancer Institute
This Web-based, public education fact sheet presents key points and facts about
fluoridated community water in a question-and-answer format. |
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Fluoride
Varnish: An Alternative to Traditional Topical Fluoride
Therapy
Southwest (Idaho)
District Health
This brochure for parents and other caregivers describes ECC and provides tips
on how to reduce the risk for young children. The brochure is also available
in Spanish. |
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For
The Dental Patient
American
Dental Association |
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Oral
Health Information
American
Dental Hygienists Association |
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Seal
Out Tooth Decay: A Booklet for Parents
National Institutes
of Health
This brochure for parents of children and adolescents
ages 6–14 explains what dental sealants are and
why they are important for protecting teeth from decay.
The brochure also includes a step-by-step description
(with pictures) of how dental sealants are applied. |
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Snack
Smart for Healthy Teeth
National Institute
of Dental and Craniofacial Research
This brochure for children and adolescents ages 10–12 describes the tooth
decay process and how some foods might contribute to the development of tooth
decay. |
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| Find a Dentist |
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Academy
of General Dentistry: (877) 292-9327 (2x-a-Year) |
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American
Academy of Pediatric Dentistry |
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American
Dental Association |
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National
Dental Association |
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Find a Health Center
Bureau of Primary Health
Care, Health Resources and Services
Administration |
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Finding
Low-Cost Dental Care
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research |
