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Office of Oral Health

Our vision is achieving oral health justice for everyone in Massachusetts. We are starting with an equity focus by monitoring our state’s oral health status and developing measures for improvement, focusing on preventing tooth decay and other oral diseases, helping everyone in our state to find a place for dental care that works best for them, and making oral health part of all healthcare.

Discover more about our work

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Preventing Oral Disease & Fluoridation Information 
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Integrating Oral Health Across Healthcare  
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Dental care access & workforce  
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Massachusetts Oral Health Data  
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Dental Healthcare Personnel Continuing Education 

Goals

1. Surveillance: Establish and utilize a statewide oral health surveillance system and strategic partnerships to facilitate monitoring and communicating health changes over time.

2. Prevention: Implement and promote evidence-based prevention practices to improve health.

3. Access & Workforce: Expand coverage, services, and timeliness of access to oral health treatment and care from a more robust, capable, qualified, and culturally competent oral health workforce.

4. Integration: Integrate oral health across the health care system and in all care settings.

Contact Us

Online

Contact information 
Email oral.health@mass.gov

Special Commission on Oral Health 

Subject-matter experts completing a statewide oral health needs assessment, findings, and recommendations. 

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Massachusetts Oral Health Series (MOHS) 

Topic-specific summary documents that focus on important state oral health issues. 

Learn More  about Massachusetts Oral Health Series (MOHS) 

Portable Dental Program Support - Public Health Dental Hygienists 

Resources for dental hygienists interested in working in a public health setting.

Learn More  about Portable Dental Program Support - Public Health Dental Hygienists 

Dental Providers as Vaccinators 

Helpful information to support dental vaccinators.

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Community Water Fluoridation Status – search by city/town 

Find out the water fluoridation status in your community and learn about clinical recommendations for Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence.

Learn More  about Community Water Fluoridation Status – search by city/town 

Finding Dental Care  

Resources for accessing dental care. A focus on health equity: historically underserved populations.

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