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For people who have limited or no access to the private dental office, dental hygienists with a special permit may provide preventive and dental hygiene services in specified settings.
Please click here for a list of specified settings
(Please click on locations below)
Milwaukie, Portland, Salem, McMinnville
Corvallis, Albany
Eugene, Springfield, Newport, Lincoln City, Florence
Medford, Jackson County
Josephine County
Central Oregon
Bend, LaPine
Eastern Oregon
Salem
Preventive Oral Health Intervention for Pediatricians
Power Point Training for Pediatricians and other Healthcare Professionals
Site: www.aap.org/oralhealth/cme/download.htm
PDF
State School-based Dental Sealant Program - We'd like your help!!!
1. Evidence-based clinical recommendations for the use of pit and fissure sealants. JADA 2008
- Executive summary
2. The effectiveness of sealants in managing caries lesions, JADA/JDR 2007
3. The effect of dental sealants on bacterialevels in caries lesions, JADA 2008
4. Exploring four-handed delivery and retention of resin-based sealants, JADA 2008
5. Caries risk in formerly sealed teeth, JADA 2009
6. Preventing dental caries through school-based sealant programs, JADA 2009
The Diaco Dental Chair (for demo, click here) is a fully mobile dental platform designed specifically for wheelchair patients - The patient remains in the safety and comfort of their own wheelchair, eliminating lifting and hoisting, whilst enabling the optimal angle for dental care treatment for both patient and clinical team.
"Bilingual Strategies" RDH Magazine, February 2007
IHS Website: www.ihs.gov
For more information, contact Beth Finnson, RDH, LAP, MPHbeth.finnson@ihs.gov
To volunteer on the dental van: MTI dental van info
"Handbook for Dental Public Health Activities," programs in other states, guidelines for infection control, Head Start information, landmark studies, PowerPoint presentations, opportunity to receive a "Public Health News Bulletin."
ADHA Public Health Site
Information/Description of program (PDF)
www.azdhs.gov/cfhs/ooh/campaign_materials.htm
"Why offer dental care at school? Simply put, because that's where the children are."
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
Oregon Nutrition Policy Alliance (ODHA is an ONPA member): "State of Oregon Model Local School Wellness Policies & Recommendations for Administrative Rules"
Acid & Sugar in Soda Pop Comparison Chart
Smile Smarts! is an oral health curriculum for preschool through grade eight students offering flexible, modular lesson plans, support materials, hands-on classroom demonstrations, student activity sheets, and suggestions for further oral health activities.
"Shining Smiles!" Grades Preschool-1 (Ages 4-7); "A Lifetime of Healthy Smiles!" Grades 2 & 3 (Ages 7-9); "Teeth to Treasure!" Grades 4-6 (Ages 9-12); "Watch Your Mouth!" Grades 7 & 8 (Ages 12-14)
Smiles Smarts Curriculum
Little "Tooth Book" - handout booklet for grades K-3. Free to download, but some assembly required!
Instructions (PDF)
Front side (PDF)
Back side (PDF)
http://dhsforms.hr.state.or.us/Forms/Served/OE3114.pdf
Fluoride supplement recommendations and dosage schedule
Sealant Application
School-Based Sealant Programs
American Dental Hygienists' Association Institute for Oral Health
American Dental Association Foundation
Oregon Dental Foundation
NW Health Foundation/Helping Hands Program
Meyer Memorial Trust
NIH/Small Grant Program for Conference Support
Delta Dental
Public Welfare Foundation
Mattel Children's Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
MetLife
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Aetna
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If you know of additional grant opportunities or have useful
information to add to this page, please contact
Laurie Johnson, ljohn@pcez.com
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