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Know Your Teeth
Academy of General Dentistry 211 East Chicago Avenue, Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60611-6660

Telephone: (888) 243-3368, ext. 5300
Fax: (312) 440-0559
E-mail: info@knowyourteeth.com
Website: http://knowyourteeth.com
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This timeline provides information on oral health and oral health care throughout life. Topics include developmental events, interaction with dentists, and oral hygiene.

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Keywords: Oral health, Infants, Children, Adolescents, Adults, Developmental stages, Dental hygiene, Dental care, Consumer education materials

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333

Telephone: (800) 232-4636
Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348
E-mail: cdc@cdcinfo.gov
Website: http://www.cdc.gov
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This resource features a series of reports published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports between April and December 1999 on 10 public health achievements, reflecting the successful response of public health to the major causes of morbidity and mortality for the period 1900-1999. Topics include vaccination, motor-vehicle safety, workplace safety, control of infectious diseases, decline in deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke, safer and healthier foods, healthier mothers and babies, family planning, fluoridation of drinking water, and tobacco as a health hazard. Critical changes in the U.S. public health system during the century are also addressed.

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Keywords: Public health, Health policy, Mortality, Morbidity, Vaccination effects, Motor vehicle safety, Occupational safety and health, Infection control, Cardiovascular diseases, Strokes, Food safety, Maternal health, Infant health, Family planning, Fluorides, Water, Tobacco use, Systems development, Oral health, Children, Families, Adults

Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center
U.S. Office of Head Start Telephone: (866) 763-6481
Website: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc
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This resource describes how the revised Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework aligns and builds from five domains of birth to five school readiness to identify critical areas of learning and development for children including dual language learners and children with special needs. A webcast provides an overview of the revisions; descriptions of the three new domains and their rationale; the relationship of the framework to program operations, planning, and quality improvement; and how the framework brings additional focus to school readiness for preschool children. Additional topics include school readiness goals and core strategies to promote school readiness. A video and transcript announcing the revised framework are also available.

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Keywords: Infants, Young children, Families, Children with special health care needs, Head Start, School readiness, Language development, Community programs, Oral health

National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333

Telephone: (800) 232-4636
Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348
E-mail: nchhstp@cdc.gov
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/
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This website presents written expectations for what students should know and be able to do by grades 2, 5, 8, and 12 to promote personal, family, and community health. The standards provide a framework for curriculum development and selection, instruction, and student assessment in health education.

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Keywords: Oral health, School age children, Standards, Performance measures, Curriculum development, School health education

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

Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University
Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272

Telephone: (202) 784-9770
Fax: (202) 784-9777
E-mail: mchgroup@georgetown.edu
Website: http://www.mchlibrary.org
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These proceedings discuss the establishment of guidelines for practicing dentists on dental care for the mentally retarded child. This document defines mental retardation clinics, discusses their current status, and their legal basis. The discussions of the committee regarding maternity and infant care projects comprises the majority of the document. It is a publication of the U.S. Children's Bureau. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Oral health, Guidelines, Dental care, Mental retardation, Children with developmental disabilities, Clinics, Children's Bureau, Maternity and Infant Care Projects, Federal MCH programs, Children, Adults, Parents

Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University
Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272

Telephone: (202) 784-9770
Fax: (202) 784-9777
E-mail: mchgroup@georgetown.edu
Website: http://www.mchlibrary.org
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This book traces the origin and history of what has come to be called White House Conferences on children held from 1909 to 1970. Each conference has been concerned with a specific problem typical of the decade. The goals of each conference, what they have contributed to the well-being of children and their families, their outcomes, and how they have helped to build the strength of the nation are presented. The themes of the conferences were dependent children (1909); child welfare standards (1919); child health and protection ((1930); children in a democracy (1940); mental, emotional, and spiritual development for responsible citizenship (1950); and opportunities for the realization of full potential (1960).

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Keywords: Conferences, Children, Child welfare, Standards, Child health, Child development, Oral Health

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.

This document offers a rationale for implementing a Head Start program for the purpose of enhancing the opportunities and achievements of children from families with low incomes. The document sets forth recommended objectives of the program; discusses how to evaluate children enrolled in the program; and explains remedial, health, development, and social service components of of the program.

Keywords: Oral health, Head Start, Young children, Low income groups, Child health, Child development, Health objectives, Social services, Program development

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
Available for loan.

These background materials were produced for the "Look Ma, Cavities!" planning workshop, which was sponsored by Public Health Service Region IX and held in San Francisco in April 1991. The goals of the planning workshop were to increase awareness and improve integration of oral health in maternal and child health programs related to primary care, preventive health services, and services for children with special health care needs. Included are the agenda, directory of participants, and outlines of oral health promotions in selected Region IX states (Hawaii, California, and Nevada). [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Oral health, Policy development, Access to health care, Children with special health care needs