Actions for non-dental health teams to consider initiating for improving oral health
- Integrating oral health into primary care settings
- Interprofessional oral health faculty tool kits for nursing, nurse practitioner, and midwifery curricula, Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice | NYU
- Consider adding an oral care protocol for hospitalized patients – oral health in healthcare settings to prevent pneumonia toolkit | CDC
Actions for dental teams to consider initiating for improving overall health
- Practice antibiotic stewardship, "Be Antibiotic Aware” | CDC
- Integration of Behavioral and Oral Health User’s Guide | National Network for Oral Health Access
- Dental providers as vaccinators
- Consider HbA1c and blood glucose screening for at risk patients | ADA
- Consider oral point of care screening for HIV | CDC
- Dental healthcare personnel continuing education
Shared Resources
Oral Health Practice Guidelines for Pregnancy and Early Childhood (PDF)
Division of Oral Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion | CDC
Medical-Dental Integration Resource Library | Carequest Institute for Oral Health
Archives – Historical MDPH Office of Oral Health Fact Sheets