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Adding Mobile Dental Services to a Pediatrics Clinic


Promising Practice

Year Developed: 2019

Resource Type: Publication.

Primary Audience: Administrative Staff Board of Directors C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, CMOs, etc) Clinicians
Secondary Audience: Outreach Staff

Language(s): English

Sponsored by: National Network for Oral Health Access

Developed by: NNOHA (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: Harbor Health Services in Massachusetts identified the need for dental services at a primary care location at their health center that did not have a dental clinic. The health center decided to add portable dental equipment to the medical site. This promising practice will discuss how the program was developed and lessons learned.

Resource Details: One strategy to increase access to oral health care is through integration of oral health and primary care practice. There are multiple ways that this can be accomplished. Harbor Health Services in Massachusetts identified the need for dental services at a primary care location at their health center that did not have a dental clinic. The health center decided to add portable dental equipment to the medical site. This promising practice will discuss how the program was developed and lessons learned.

Resource Topic: Clinical Issues, Special and Vulnerable Populations, Quality, Promising/Best Practices

Resource Subtopic: Capital Development, Oral Health, Operational Feasibility, Capital Development, Partnerships, , Quality Improvement.

Keywords: Adolescents and Youth, Pediatrics (Infants, Toddlers, and Children).

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