Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Oral Health Services. 2006. Smiles for Ohio Fluoride Varnish Program for Primary Care Providers. Columbus, OH: Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Oral Health Services.

This training manual, which is intended for health professionals, provides information about how to assess the oral health of infants and young children at well-child examinations to better enable these health professionals to identify infants and children at risk for early childhood caries. The manual also provides information about how to implement the Smiles for Ohio Fluoride Varnish Program to apply fluoride varnish to the teeth of high-risk children. The manual includes presentation slides, information on making the program work in practice, supply information, information about Medicaid reimbursement, a selection of fluoride varnish literature, information about referral, a list of additional resources, and handouts and anticipatory guidance.

Introduction

Presentation Slides

Fluoride Varnish Instructional Video
(Click on links for pop-up window with video viewer.)

Part 1: Introduction and Credits
Part 2: Dental Caries and Early Childhood Caries
Part 3: History: Determining Caries Risk
Part 4: Physical: Oral Health Assessment
Part 5: Anticipatory Guidance and Referral
Part 6: Fluoride Varnish (FV) Application

Making it Work for Your Practice

Supply Information

Medicaid Reimbursement

Fluoride Varnish Literature

• Fluoride varnish efficacy in preventing early childhood caries.
  Weintraub J A et.al. J Dent Res 85(2):172-6, 2006
• Effect of fluoride varnish (Duraphat) in preschool children.
  Holm AK. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 7:241-5, 1979
• Assessing the effect of fluoride varnish on early enamel carious
  lesions in the primary dentition.
  Autio-Gold JT, Courts F. JADA 132(9):1247-53, 2001

Referral to a Dental Home

• Oral health risk assessment timing and establishment of the dental home

Additional Resources

• Policy on the Use of a Caries-Risk Assessment Tool (CAT) for
  Infants, Children, and Adolescents (AAPD)
• Clinical Guideline on Fluoride Therapy (AAPD)
• Early Childhood Caries Trends Upward (CDHP)
• Fluoride Supplementation, Procedure for Obtaining a Fluoride Analysis of a Water Sample, Tooth Eruption Chart
• Reference Guide: Oral Assessment/Fluoride Varnish Application

Handouts & Anticipatory Guidance

Oral Health Internet Resources for Providers and Parents

• National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
  • Knowledge Path: Oral Health and Pregnant Women, Infants, Children, and Adolescents
  • A Health Professionals Guide to Pediatric Oral Health Management
  • Open Wide: Oral Health Training for Health Professionals
  • Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health Pocket Guide
    
• Other Web-based training modules:
  • Deinard A, Tessier S. Univ of MN. Dental Health Screening and Fluoride Varnish Application
  • American Academy of Pediatrics. Oral Health Risk Assessment Training for
    Pediatricians and Other Child Health Professionals

Links

American Academy of Pediatrics. Children’s Health Topics: Oral Health

American Academy of Family Physicians. How to Care for Your Child’s Teeth
(Available in Spanish)

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Frequently Asked Questions

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Parent Education Brochures

American Dental Association. Oral Health Topics A-Z

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). Oral Health America: A
Report of the Surgeon General

Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Oral Health Services. Help Me Smile: Oral Health Risk Assessment, Training Modules and Educational Materials for Use with Families of Young Children.

Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Oral Health Services. Low-literacy Fact Sheets
(Available in Spanish)

American Dental Hygienists Association. Oral Health Information

National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families. Zero to Three: Parent information on
Nutrition and Mouthing/Sucking