Oral health during pregnancy and infancy is especially important to set little ones up for a lifetime of good health. Pregnant patients want to know how to keep themselves and their babies happy and healthy — that’s why they come to you for guidance. This toolkit makes it easier than ever to help connect new parents and families to the oral health answers they need, providing healthy tips to patients and conversation tactics to providers like you.
To view the intro video in Spanish, please click here.
This toolkit contains materials for both patient outreach and education around oral health as well as clinical resources to help integrate oral health into your practice. The toolkit has posters, infographics, a brochure, dental referral forms, a conversation guide, an oral health screener, a sample integration workflow and videos.
Most states cover dental care under Medicaid during pregnancy. If your state is among them, you'll find state-specific resources in the toolkit. If not, select "Generic" in the drop-down menu.
Each material can be downloaded separately below.
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Patient Outreach: These Materials and touchpoints are created for you to use for any outreach efforts around oral health.
Clinical Practice: These materials and touchpoints are created for you to use within your practice.
This 47 second animation is great to share on social media or play in waiting rooms. When you click "download", you will be taken to Vimeo where you can download the video from there.
*If selecting a language other than English and Spanish, please select "Generic" under the State option.
This poster can be displayed in waiting room areas.
This poster can be displayed in dental office waiting room areas.
This infographic can be given to patients as a take-home resource, shared on social media or posted in a waiting area.
This three-panel brochure contains commons questions new moms have about oral health along with answers. This brochure can be used to assist oral health conversations with patients and can also be given as a take-home resource.
Review this social media toolkit for partners reaching providers and mothers.
This workflow can be displayed in the admin area of your office to demonstrate how you can integrate preventative oral health into your practice.
When patients arrive, have them complete the Oral Health Intake Form. Count their response letters to each question to determine if they answered mostly A, B or C. Use the top letter score as the starting place for oral health discussions with patients in the corresponding conversation guide.
Print out this screener and keep it with you as a guide for conducting oral health screenings with patients.
After conducting the oral health screening, fill in your findings and refer patients to a dentist — whether they need treatment or a routine cleaning.
Patient Outreach: These materials and touchpoints are created for you to use for any outreach efforts around oral health.
Clinical Practice: These materials and touchpoints are created for you to use within your practice.
This three-panel brochure contains commons questions new moms have about oral health along with answers. This brochure can be used to assist oral health conversations with patients and can also be given as a take-home resource.
This poster can be displayed in waiting room areas.
This infographic can be given to patients as a take-home resource, shared on social media, or posted in a waiting area.
This 47-second video is great to share on social media or play in waiting rooms. When you click “download,” you’ll be taken to Vimeo where you can download the file from there.
After conducting an oral health screening, fill in your findings and refer patients to a dentist — whether they need treatment or a routine cleaning.
This tool can guide you through an oral health assessment of pediatric patients and document their risk of caries.
This resource is designed to help link three important health messages — brush the child’s teeth, read together, and set a regular bedtime — into one message about nighttime routines.
Identify realistic goals for parents to implement with their children to improve their oral health. Keep the sheet as a record of the goals so you can check back in on progress during visits.
This content is supported by the Grant or Cooperative Agreement Number, [6 NH23IP000952-04-01], funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC or the Department of Health and Human Services.
Need more help or have questions? Email oralhealth@aap.org for more information.
03/07/2023
American Academy of Pediatrics
