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Resources

Romano J. Do You See What They See: Patient Perspectives on Oral Healthcare. Inside Dentistry, March 2007. Feature article presenting the National Oral Health Survey commissioned by OHA in Fall 2006. Download PDF

Gehshan S, Wyatt M. Improving Oral Health Care for Young Children, National Academy for State Health Policy. April 2007. An in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities facing our nation in addressing the delivery of oral health to children. Download PDF

Communications Guide for State Oral Health Programs: Media Outreach Materials. Created by OHA with support from Cooperative Agreement #04135 with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 2006. Download PDF

Policy Issues in Dental Work Force Diversity and Community-Based Dental Education, a report for the California Endowment by Shelly Gehshan, MPP, National Conference of State Legislatures, November 2004. Dowload PDF

National Call to Action to Promote Oral Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, April 2003 Launch Website

Special Care Dentistry. Dental Care Considerations of Special Populations, Special Care in Dentistry,Supplement, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2002. Three excellent articles by Buton Edelstein, Doris Steifel, and Michael Helgeson, Barbara Smith, Mary Johnson, and Carl Ebert, addressing dental care considerations for the very young, disabled adults, and frail elderly, respectively. Download PDF

Access to Oral Health Services for Low-Income People--Policy Barriers and Opportunities for Intervention, a report for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation by Shelly Gehshan, MPP, and Tara Straw, National Conference of State Legislatures, October 2002. Download PDF

World Health Organization Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and Health

Spit Tobacco: A Guide to Quitting, developed by the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Oral Health America's National Spit Tobacco Education Program (NSTEP)

American Dental Association's 2001 Report on Soft Drinks and Oral Health Effects

The Big Cavity: Decreasing Minority Enrollment in Dental Schools, a W.K. Kellogg / Community Voices Report (January 2001)

Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General (June 2000)

The Disparity Cavity--provides an overview of oral health issues faced by our country (Oral Health America, June 2000)

Oral Health America White Paper: Access to Oral Health Services in the United States, 1997 and Beyond by Robert Isman, DDS, MPH and Beverly Isman, RDH, MPH (December 1997)

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Oral Health America improves public health by eliminating oral disease, especially for our most vulnerable citizens, by educating and empowering communities to provide access to care, and advocating for policies that create oral health parity.

 

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