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Other Contributors

The Arizona Department of Health contributed to the project's start-up funding.

A-DEC, Inc. provided clinic schematics and photographs of dental equipment for the project.

Henry Schein, Inc. not only provided a manual that they developed for the National Network for Oral Health Access, but assisted us in modifying to the manual to better fit the current project.

Dr. A. Kenneth Bolin, Baylor College of Dentistry, provided the report on a study of FQHC dentists and executive directors.

Dr. Jim Toothaker wrote the section about information systems.

Dr. Murray Rosenthal provided considerable input that helped shape Chapter 3 (Finances).

Valuable technical assistance on the development of the budget worksheets and financial reports (Chapter 3) was provided by Mr. Arthur C. Wicinski, MBA (Healthcare Consultant, Mentor, Ohio) and Ms. Fran Netting, CPA (Columbus, Ohio).

Ms. Vicki Twining, of the Ohio Department of Health did considerable work on the development of budget worksheets.

Volunteers in Health Care provided partial support for an Advisory Committee meeting.

The following manuals were reviewed and, in some cases, parts were incorporated into this project:

  • Starting a Dental Program (Volunteers in Health Care)
  • Dental Planning Manual (Indian Health Service)
  • Tennessee Dept. of Health, Bureau of Health Services, Standards of Practice for Dental Public Health
  • Project Dental Health Procedure Manual (Russell Street Clinic, Oregon Health Sciences University, School of Dentistry)
  • Dallas Community Health Center, Dental Department Policies and Procedures
  • Virginia Dept. of Health, Div. of Dental Health, Manual of Operations for Public Health Dental Clinics, and OSHA Manual
  • Plan de Salud del Valle, Inc, Dental Department Policies, Procedures and Protocols
  • North Carolina Oral Health Section, Tips for Developing a Pulbic Health Dental Clinic
  • State of Connecticut Department of Public Health, Connecticut Community Oral Health Systems Development Project Guidelines
  • Washington State Department of Health; Community Roots For Oral Health; Guidelines For Successful Coalitions