National Resources

Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors American Association for Community Dental Programs American Public Human Services Association Bureau of Primary Health Care HRSA Regional Public Health Offices National Academy for State Health Policy National Association of Community Health Centers National Network for Oral Health Access Safety Net Solutions State Primary Care Offices State and Regional Primary Care Associations
	The DentaQuest Institute provides free webinars and other online learning opportunites.
	The Mobile-Portable Dental Manual is a companion manual to the Safety Net Dental Clinic Manual and provides important information to help make decisions about programs using mobile vehicles, portable equipment, or a combination system.
	Ohio Safety Net Dental Clinics is a comprehensive online portal to the tools and information necessary to start and maintain the operations and delivery of health care services in safety net dental clinics in Ohio. Several online training curricula are available, some offering continuing education credit.
	The National Network for Oral Health Access is developing an operations manual that is specifically geared towards health center oral health programs. It builds on the information found in the Safety Net Dental Clinic Manual and references the regulations that guide health center programs.

 

Webcast: The National Academy for State Health Policy sponsored Making the Most of Medicaid: Improving Access to Oral Health, on August 1, 2007. View John Neale's presentation Strengthening and Promoting the Dental Safety Net which summarizes initial findings from an assessment of the ability of Ohio’s safety net dental clinics to meet their mission of providing care to the underserved while maintaining their long-term financial viability.

- View the companion presentation by Robert Ellis and John Neale, Oral Health Capacity Building Project Sustainable Safety Net Dental Clinics: Oral Health Isn't Optional (OHIO), presented at the 2nd Ohio Dental Summit in 2007.

 

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