MCHB-Funded Projects

Targeted Oral Health Services Systems

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) funded the Targeted Oral Health Service Systems grant program from 2008 to 2011 to provide infrastructure funding for state oral health programs to foster statewide approaches for preventing oral diseases and to promote sustainability of oral health programs. The funding provided states with the flexibility to design and implement programs that integrate oral health systems into a broader system of care within their state. Projects built on past efforts to develop and implement or strengthen the state’s oral health program infrastructure to increase access to oral health services, including prevention and early intervention, especially for vulnerable children and their families.

MCHB designated three focus areas:

Increase age 1 dental visits for children at greatest risk for oral disease.
Improve access to oral health services for children with special health care needs.
Ensure restorative treatment of active disease through the provision of dental sealant programs.

Strategies included establishing inter-professional (medical/dental interface) referral networks and expansion of post-dental-sealant follow-up restorative services.

Grantee Highlights: Project Materials

Materials produced by grantees should be submitted via mail or e-mail to the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center to be cataloged in the library. Please include the project's grant number with any submission (the grant number may be found on the Notice of Grant Award). You may search the library online.

Vodicka, P, Balzer, J. 2011. Promising state strategies to improve the oral health of CYSHCN. Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs conference, February 13, 2011.

Alaska Oral Health Basic Screening Surveys

Connecticut

Home By One

Colorado

Iowa

I-Smile Dental Home Initiative
Children's Dental Health Month postcard: 2011, 2010, 2009
2010 oral health survey report: Infants and toddlers in Iowa's WIC program
2009 Head Start oral health survey report

Kentucky

Kentucky Oral Health Coalitions Partnership Powers Prevention

Maine

Creating a Community of Oral Health Care for Very Young Children
Kids Oral Health Partnership
Maine Kids Oral Health Partnership: Poster and Presentation
Steps to Healthy Teeth
Oral Health for Young Children: Everybody's Business

Marshall Islands

Integration of Primary Dental Prevention into Well-Baby Program: Marshall Islands

Maryland

Maryland's mouths matter: Fluoride varnish and oral health screening programs for kids—Training for EPSDT providers in Maryland

Massachusetts

BLOCK Oral Disease Educational Materials and Trainings
Dental Sealant Media Promotion
- Super Tooth Dental Sealant Radio PSA (30 second MP3) English (MP3) | Word
- Super Tooth Dental Sealant Radio PSA (60 second MP3) English (MP3) | Word
- Super Tooth Dental Sealant Radio PSA MP3 (30 second MP3) Spanish (MP3) | Word
- Super Tooth Dental Sealant Radio PSA (60 second MP3) Spanish (MP3) | Word

New York

Oral Health Care During Pregnancy and Early Childhood Practice Guidelines
Finding a Dental Provider
Baby Teeth Are Important Mini Poster (English, Spanish)
Pregnancy and Dental Care Mini Poster (English, Spanish)
Fluoride Varnish Resource Training Materials

Virginia

Baby's First Dental Visit (English, Spanish)
A Healthy Mouth for Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Parent's Guide
Visiting the Dentist: Children with Special Health Care Needs

Washington

Oral health fact sheets for patients with special needs

Contact

MCHB contact for the TOHSS grant program:

Pamella Vodicka
Project Officer
Health Resources and Services Administration
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
5600 Fishers Lane
Parklawn Building, Room 18A-30
Rockville, MD 20857
Telephone: (301) 443-2753
E-mail: pvodicka@hrsa.gov


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