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Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors and National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Oral Health. n.d. Synopses of state and territorial dental public health programs. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Oral Health.

This resource provides information from annual questionnaires sent to oral health program directors in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S.-associated jurisdictions for tracking progress toward meeting Healthy People oral health objectives. Contents include an overview of the content, history, methods, limitations, permissions for use, and related links. Data from the five most recent synopses are available for generating lists, tables, or maps containing oral health summaries for each state and territory; states and territories that support an oral health program; the percentage of people with public water systems receiving fluoridated water; states and territories with a full-time dental director by year; and state and territorial trends in demographics, infrastructure, workforce, administration, budget, and programs across multiple years. The data collection instruments are also available from the website.

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Keywords: Oral health, Data, Trends, Public health dentistry, Public health infrastructure, Personnel, Health care financing, State programs, Fluorides, Water

American Association of Public Health Dentistry. n.d. History of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry. Springfield, IL: American Association of Public Health Dentistry.

This website provides information about the history of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry.

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Keywords: Public health, Dentistry, History, Professional societies, Oral health, Children

Easlic KA, ed. 1963. The administration of local dental programs. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, School of Public Health, 278 pp, (University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Continued education series; no. 96).

These proceedings of the fifth workshop on dental public health (June 19-22, 1961) held by the Continued Education Service of the School of Public Health of the University of Michigan discuss enlarging the administrative horizons of local dental directors, provoking a critical appraisal of the scientific information available to these directors, developing technics for improvement of the inter-relationships with the state's department of health, and organizing a national roster of local programs and personnel. The chapter topics are public health organization, establishing the natural history of disease, organizing a local dental program, components of a local dental program, financing dental health, and maintaining satisfactory human relations.

Keywords: Oral health, Dental care, United States, Public health dentistry, Michigan, Conferences, Children, Families, Pregnant women

Schlossman SL, Brown J, Sedlak M. 1986. The public school in American dentistry. Santa Monica, CA: The Rand Corporation, 82 pp.

This report provides an overview of the public schools' role in U.S. dentistry, focusing on the origins and development of school-based oral health programs prior to the 1970s. Topics include the early history of school dentistry, school programs during the depression, school dentistry from 1941 to 1961, and the demise of school dentistry.

Keywords: Oral health, School dentistry, History, Public schools, School based clinics, School linked programs, Children

Kuthy RA Odom JG. 1987. Local health agencies: Dental programs and services. Columbus, OH: American Oral Health Institute, 158 pp.

This directory lists local programs and services administered by city and/or county health departments. Respondents are listed by state with summarized information for each agency. This study provides previously unavailable data such as quality assurance policies of local programs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Oral health, Dental clinics, Public health dentistry, State health agencies, Directories

University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry. [1988] (ca.). Proceedings of the Micronesian Dental Health Strategy Meeting: October 17-18, 1998. San Francisco, CA: University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry, 1 v.

These proceedings of the Micronesian Dental Health Strategy Meeting, held in October 1998 in San Francisco, California, discuss efforts toward improving oral health in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Topics include an overview of the involvement of the U. S. Public Health Service in regional oral health services, the crisis in the delivery of oral health services, jurisdictional differences in providing services, manpower problems, redirection for prevention, grants, and recommendations. The proceedings include an executive summary, a transcript of the meeting, and several appendices containing supplemental papers, materials, and a report on the meeting. References conclude the proceedings.

Keywords: Oral health, Dental care, Health services delivery, Public health dentistry, Personnel, Strategic plans, Federated States of Micronesia, International health, Northern Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Region IX, Pacific Islands

Hall WR, Sterritt GR, Rossetti J, eds. 1994. Head Start dental consultant manual. Washington, DC: Head Start Bureau and U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 151 pp.

This manual provides standards for the Head Start dental consultation process and guidance in the interpretation of the Head Start program performance standards. The document presents an overview of the Head Start program, describes general goals and objectives of the dental component, details roles and responsibilities of dental consultants, provides written resource and reference material, and standardizes the national dental consultation and reporting system. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Head Start, Manuals, Pediatric dentistry, Public health dentistry, Oral health, Dental hygiene, Standards

U.S. Bureau of Health Professions and Baylor College of Dentistry. 1994. Conference on Requirements for Education and Certification for Dental Public Health and Dental Public Health Practice: Status, Requirements, and Needs in a Reformed Health System. Rockville, MD: U.S. Bureau of Health Professions , 1 v.

This binder includes materials from the Conference on Requirements for Education and Certification for Dental Public Health and Dental Public Health Practice: Status, Requirements, and Needs in a Reformed Health System, held on December 6-8, 1994, in Rockville, MD. The binder includes the following: (1) agenda, (2) list of participants, (3) background materials, (4) work session groups, (5) pre-conference verbatim responses and survey; (6) work session tables and worksheet conference evaluation; (7) a copy of the paper "Core Public Health Functions and State Efforts to Improve Oral Health -- United States, 1993, " (8) a copy of the paper "Public Health Core Functions: Strategies for Addressing the Oral Health of the Nation. Discussion paper, " (9) a copy of the document "Competency Objectives for Dental Public Health, " and (10) a copy of the document "Standards for Advanced Specialty Education Programs in Dental Public Health." Also included are a final report: "Improving Training of Preventive Medicine Residents Through the Development and Evaluation of Competencies"; a draft list of ASTDD Guidelines Project Advisory Committee members; printed presentation slides on "Dental Public Health Practice: Status, Requirements, Needs Health System"; and testimony from the American Dental Association by Kevin J. McNeil to the Institute of Medicine in 1994.

Keywords: Oral health, Public health dentistry, Dentists, Professional education, Certification, Health objectives, Conferences

American Association of Public Health Dentistry. 1994. The future of dental public health report: Preparing dental public health to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 54(2):80-91.

This report offers an overview of the capacity of dental public health (DPH) to serve the public in order to stimulate the development of a blueprint for action. Topics include the rationale for and scope of dental public health; the structure and function of DPH today, including discussions of state and local DPH programs, professional education, participation of professional and voluntary organizations, assessing the value of DPH programs, and where DPH stands today. Additional topics include strengthening DPH by articulating goals for the future, earning support from policy makers and program administrators, ensuring recruitment and professional development, and other challenges and opportunities. References conclude the report.

Keywords: Oral health, Public health dentistry, State program descriptions, Local initiatives, Professional education, Provider participation, Trends

Bingham S (Comp.). 1995. Clinical specialties in dentistry: Desk reference. Albuquerque, NM: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service, Dental Services Branch, ca 400 pp.

This manual provides practical, state-of-the-science, clinical advice for general dentistry practitioners, particularly Indian Health Service tribal, and urban dentists. The manual is comprehensive, covering general dentistry as well as every area of specialized dentistry. Major sections of the manual include oral diagnosis and treatment planning; general dentistry; endodontics; oral surgery; pediatric dentistry; orthodontics; periodontics; removable prosthodontics; and fixed prosthodontics. In addition, the appendices contain sample forms for orthodontics, periodontics, and removable prosthodontics treatment.

Keywords: Dentistry, Diagnostic tests, Oral surgery, Orthodontics, Prosthodontics, Public health dentistry, Dental clinics, Dentists, Oral health, Dental hygiene, Dental caries, Periodontitis, Periodontal diseases, Pediatric dentistry, American Indians, Resources for professionals, Manuals