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
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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
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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)
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American Dental Association's 2001 Report on Soft Drinks and Oral Health Effects
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The Big Cavity: Decreasing Minority Enrollment in Dental
Schools, a W.K. Kellogg / Community Voices Report (January 2001)
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Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General (June 2000)
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The Disparity Cavity--provides an overview of oral health issues faced
by our country (Oral Health America, June 2000)
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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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