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Arkansas Department of Health
4815 West Markham Street
Little Rock, AR 72205

Telephone: (501) 661-2000
Secondary Telephone: (800) 462-0599
Website: http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov
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This resource provides information on Preventing Abuse and Neglect Through Dental Awareness (PANDA) coalitions and how oral health professionals can help prevent child abuse and neglect in Arkansas. Topics include educational programs, potential coalition members, and case studies. It also includes back- ground information on PANDA coalitions, physical and behavioral indicators of and risk factors for child abuse and neglect, dealing with intimate partner violence in the health care setting, and identifying and reporting suspected abuse and neglect. A suggested reading list and a slide presentation are also available.

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Keywords: Oral health, Child abuse, Child neglect, Prevention, Dentists, Dental hygienists, Training, Educational materials, State legislation, Injuries, Child advocacy, Coalitions, Arkansas, Children

American Dental Association
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-2678

Telephone: (312) 440-2500
Fax: (312) 440-7494
E-mail: info@ada.org
Website: http://www.ada.org
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This resource provides information for professionals and consumers on various issues related to oral health care. Topics include dental sealants, early childhood tooth decay, financing dental care, fluoride and fluoridation, Medicaid principles and reports, pregnancy, smoking and tobacco cessation, special needs, and others.

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Keywords: Oral health, Children, Adolescents, Adults, Dentists, Educational materials, Resources for professionals

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900

Telephone: (210) 567-4550
Fax: (210) 567-4579
Website: http://familymed.uthscsa.edu
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This training course for family physicians and pediatricians comprises a course instruction and four modules on early childhood oral health. The instructions module describes how to navigate through the modules and includes a brief self-assessment. Module 1 defines early childhood caries (ECC) and discusses ECC prevalence, risk factors, and causes. Module 2 lists the number and type of primary teeth, the tooth eruption sequence, the first oral examination, the benefits of early examinations, and the knee-to-knee oral examination. Module 3 describes the dental caries sequence, white spots, caries severity, and abnormal problems. Module 4 addresses culturally sensitive care, ways to prevent ECC, anticipatory guidance, and toothbrushing technique.

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Keywords: Oral health, Early childhood caries, Young children, Family physicians, Dentists, Professional development, Training materials

Priscilla Caplan
Florida Heritage Collection
Florida Center for Library Automation 5830 N.W. 39th Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32606

Telephone: (352) 392-9020
Fax: (352) 392-9185
E-mail: pcaplan@ufl.edu
Website: http://susdl.fcla.edu/fh
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This guide is for Florida schools to use as an instrument for helping faculties develop and improve their health education programs. It presents factual oral health information with correlated and articulated educational experiences designed to influence the attitudes, practices, and habits of children. The book discusses keys to oral health; tasks of the parent, school, teacher, oral health profession, and community; aims and objectives of oral health education; oral health information for the teacher; and instructional programs for elementary, junior, and high schools. A glossary, bibliography, and oral health education materials and teaching aids are provided in appendices.

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Keywords: Oral health, Children, Youth, Parents, Dentists, Teachers, Health education, Schools, Florida

American Dental Association
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-2678

Telephone: (312) 440-2500
Fax: (312) 440-7494
E-mail: info@ada.org
Website: http://www.ada.org
Contact for cost information.

This report discusses the periodic census of all known dentists in the United States and its possessions and territories; the survey methodology; the assignment of occupation codes; specialty versus area of practice; new dentists; and interpretation of the results. Data is collected on professionally active dentists; active private practitioners; primary occupation of all dentists; and dentists in outlying areas. The report also includes two appendices: (1) glossary of terms; and (2) the survey instrument. Numerous tables and figures provide extensive statistical data. Survey data are presented on a state and national basis.

Keywords: Oral health, Dentistry, Dentists, Geographic regions, Military, Careers, Statistical data, Surveys

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
Georgetown University Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272

Telephone: (202) 784-9771
Fax: (202) 784-9777
E-mail: OHRCinfo@georgetown.edu
Website: http://www.mchoralhealth.org
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This booklet contains the program and summaries of symposium presentations held on May 22-23, 1973, at the University of Iowa. Topics include genetics and the prevention of mental retardation; neuromuscular diseases involving craniofacial structures; hospital dentistry; anesthesia and analgesia; new directions in the training of professionals for delivery of services to the handicapped; challenges in preventing dental disease; a comprehensive clinical dental program for hemophiliacs; organization of an interdisciplinary unit for the study of craniofacial anomalies; and the future care of the handicapped person. The symposium was supported by Training Project 484, Maternal and Child Health Service, health Services and mental Health Administration, awarded to the University of Iowa, Department of Pedodontics, in cooperation with the University Hospital School. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Oral health, Dental care, Children with special health care needs, Children with developmental disabilities, Craniofacial abnormalities, Hemophilia, Anesthesia, Analgesic drugs, Mental retardation, Dentists, Dental education, Children, Families, Pregnant women

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
Georgetown University Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272

Telephone: (202) 784-9771
Fax: (202) 784-9777
E-mail: OHRCinfo@georgetown.edu
Website: http://www.mchoralhealth.org
Contact for cost information. Document Number: ISBN 0-682-47959-4.

This book for parents is a guide to oral health care for infants and children. It is divided into the following chapters: (1) teeth during pregnancy, (2) baby's first teeth, (3) the eruption of the permanent teeth, (4) diet and the teeth, (5) appointment with the dentist, (6) the x-rays, (7) the many roles in dental care, (8) the dentist is a specialist in the health care medical team concept, (9) accidents to the teeth, (10) my conversation with the child patient, (11) dental education and the exceptional child, (12) the cost of prevention of dental diseases as compared to the cost of neglect, and (13) summary: your child's teeth are for life. The book contains two appendices that illustrate proper brushing techniques and tooth structure. Black and white illustrations and photographs appear throughout the book.

Keywords: Oral health, Child health, Dental care, Pediatric dentists, Dental education, Children with special health care needs, Pregnancy

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
Georgetown University Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272

Telephone: (202) 784-9771
Fax: (202) 784-9777
E-mail: OHRCinfo@georgetown.edu
Website: http://www.mchoralhealth.org
Single photocopies available at no charge. Document Number: HSA 240-75-79.

This report describes a general evaluation model which could be used to evaluate a wide range of training programs sponsored by the Bureau of Community Health Services (BCHS), and application of this model to specialized training for dentists treating children with disabilities. The purposes of the general evaluation strategy are to provide a conceptual framework for assessing health training programs, and to provide a research strategy or design for empirically ascertaining the structure and efficiency of function of such programs. The purposes of the application to pediodontic training programs are to provide a substantive evaluation of a set of programs which have been funded for several years and to assess the adequacy of the research strategy and conceptual framework for future applications in the health field. This document summarizes the results of both segments of the project. The conclusions drawn from the evaluation are summarized.

Keywords: Evaluation, Dentists, Children with special health care needs, Pediatric dentists, Training, Professional education, Oral health

U.S. Government Printing Office
732 North Capitol Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20401

Telephone: (202) 512-1800
Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800
Fax: (202) 512-2104
E-mail: contactcenter@gpo.gov
Website: http://www.gpo.gov
Price unknown. Document Number: DHHS-80-50136.

This document presents Public Health Service (PHS) guidelines regarding the most acceptable dental public health practices for improving children's oral health. In making its recommendations, the PHS aim is to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of children's oral health services in public programs. These recommendations reflect traditional concepts in dental public health and preventive dentistry for children.

Keywords: Infant health, Child health, Oral health, Health promotion, Dental caries, Fluorides, Food habits, Guidelines, Public health dentists, Public health programs

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
Georgetown University Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272

Telephone: (202) 784-9771
Fax: (202) 784-9777
E-mail: OHRCinfo@georgetown.edu
Website: http://www.mchoralhealth.org
Contact for cost information.

This manual was designed to aid Region II Head Start staff in fulfilling the specific oral health goals and requirements of the Head Start Program Performance Standards. These program performance standards call for the implementation of a plan to ensure that each child receives appropriate oral health care, and for the provision of an oral health education component. The manual is divided into chapters focusing on the health services advisory committee, enrollment, record keeping and tracking, working with dentists, financing oral health care and budgeting, special programs, oral health education, oral health emergencies, and fluorides. Appendices include consent forms and letters, a glossary of oral health terms, oral health education resource materials, and resource sections specific to New York and New Jersey. The manual is intended to be a resource for daily use and is presented in a loose-leaf format to allow the user to add new information when necessary. The forms and suggestions contained in the manual were developed in consultation with Head Start personnel, oral health consultants, and representatives of various provider groups.

Keywords: Head Start, Oral health, Dental care, Education, Dentists, Fluorides, New York, New Jersey, Recordkeeping, Financing, Budgeting, Personnel, Consent, Resource materials, Manuals