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Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) A Practical Guide to Infant Oral Health
This guide is designed to help physicians examine children's teeth for defects
and cavities at every well-child visit. The guide is broken down in sections including:
oral etiology, oral health promotion, birth to 3 months of age, 4 months of age,
6 to 12 months of age, and 15 months and older. Access
to Baby and Child Dentistry (ABCD): A Manual for Dental Providers Developed
by the University of Washington, School of Dentistry, this guide is for clinicians
who intend to implement effective preventive and early intervention oral health
therapies for infants and toddlers. Bright
Futures in Practice: Oral Health This guide is designed to help health
professionals implement specific oral health guidelines during infancy, early
childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. Bright
Futures In Practice: Oral Health Pocket Guide This guide provides an overview
of the publication Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health. Information included
is specific to each developmental period and addresses risk assessment for dental
caries, periodontal disease, malocclusion, and injury. Dental
Health Screening and Fluoride Varnish Application This training is designed
to provide the knowledge and tools needed to provide oral health prevention education
and treatment to children at risk for tooth decay. Early
Childhood Caries: A Medical & Dental Perspective This interactive
program includes multiple-choice and true/false questions that provide immediate
feedback to allow a person to assess his or her knowledge of the topics presented.
Medical
Providers Oral Health Education Project: New Hampshire 2002-2005 This
resource describes a project to educate physicians and dental hygienists about
dental caries in infants and children ages 3 and younger. Materials include age-specific
forms and handouts such as questionnaires, assessment and recommendation forms,
and protocols. A
Health Professional’s Guide to Pediatric Oral Health Management
This program provides a series of 7 self-contained online modules designed to
assist health professionals in managing the oral health of infants and young children.
Opening the
Mouth This Web-based training program provides non-oral-health professionals
with an introduction to oral health and tooth decay in infants and toddlers. This
program discusses the prevalence of tooth decay among children, tooth decay as
a chronic disease, unmet oral health care needs among children, and the consequences
of these unmet needs. Open
Wide: Oral Health Training for Health Professionals A series of 4 self-contained
online modules designed to help health and early childhood professionals working
in community settings (eg, Head Start and WIC staff) promote oral health in the
course of promoting general health for infants, children, and their families.
This curriculum offers health and early childhood professionals information to
help them prevent tooth decay, which still afflicts many U.S. children, especially
children from families with low incomes, children in certain minority groups,
and children with special health care needs. Oral
Health for Family Physicians This curriculum resource developed by Society
of Teachers of Family Medicine, provides goals and objectives for training primary
care physicians in the area of oral health. The curriculum is organized by ACGME
Competencies. Oral
Health Tutorial Providing a Brief Overview of Early Childhood Caries for Non-Dental
Professionals This tutorial is designed for non-oral health professionals
who work with infants and young children and children with specail health care
needs. Planning
Guide for Dental Professionals Serving Children with Special Health Care Needs
Developed by the University of Southern California University Affiliated Program,
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, this manual promotes a framework within which
oral health professionals can communicate and work with families to ensure that
appropriate, quality oral health care is provided both at home and in the dental
office. Promoting
Children's Oral Health This curriculum is written for those working in
the field of early care and education with an interest in promoting oral health,
including health and Early Care and Education (ECE) professionals, such as
Child Care Health Consultants (CCHCs), school nurses and Child Care Health Advocate
(CCHAs). This curriculum provides up-to-date information and strategies to promote
oral health that are specifi c to infants and young children. It also provides
effective and practical lesson plans for child care providers, parents and
children. Smiles for Life
Smiles for Life is a comprehensive oral health curriculum for physicians developed
by the STFM Group on Oral Health. It is designed to be implemented in residencies
or medical school pre-doctoral programs. The curriculum is based on four PowerPoint
modules covering core areas on oral health; The relationship of oral and systemic
health; Child oral health; Adult oral health; and Dental emergencies. Also included
are a comprehensive set of educational objectives based on the ACGME competencies,
test questions, resources for further learning, and an implementation guide which
includes a detailed outline of the modules.
Smile Smarts: An Oral Health Curriculum for Preschool-Grade 8 This curriculum
provides oral health instruction for students in preschool through eighth grade.
Contents include modular lesson plans, support materials, hands on classroom demonstrations,
student activity sheets, and suggestions for additional oral health activities.
Special Care: An
Oral Health Professional's Guide to Serving Young Children with Speal Health Care
Needs This curriculum provides oral health professionals with information
to ensure that young children with special health care needs have acess to health-promotion
and disease-prevention services that address their unique oral health needs in
a comprehensive, family-centered, and community-based manner. University
of Connecticut Oral Health Web-based Curriculum The UConn Health Center's
Oral Health Web site is designed to improve the oral health of infants and children
through the improvement of effective oral health education of physicians, residents,
and medical students. |