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UNCH CHAR ARTE TED WA WATER ERS, S, THE J E JOU OURN RNEY EY FOR OR OR ORAL AL HEA EALT LTH EQ EQUITY Y ON ON TH THE E EA EAST STER ERN N SH SHOR ORE E OF OF VI VIRG RGINIA NIA 2019 Virginia Oral Health Summit
2019 Virginia Oral Health Summit Nancy Stern, CEO Noel Root, DDS Scott Wolpin, DMD
Unmet Current Capacity Private Sector ESRHS
45%
57%
+ denta tal l chair r offices fices co-located located in two
dical l offic ices es
ed dental al units ts, , with th two
rs each, h, on the campuses uses of two
mentary tary schoo
ls
Traveli eling g Oral Health th Preven vention tion Progr gram am (TOPs) that t bring ngs s oral l health th care service ices to local al Head d Start, t, public lic schoo
s and other her commu mmunity ity agencies ncies
ening g an 8 chair ir dental tal office, ice, collocat located ed with th medica dical, l, in 2020.
th one treatme atment t room
ipped to care for indivi ividual duals with th specia cial l health h care needs ds Increas reasing ing dental tal services ices to meet t the need d in the commun mmunity ity has been en the number ber
tegic goal of the organ aniza ization tion since e 2012
tal Program ram is financial cially ly sustain ainab able
8, over r 2,8 ,800 00 children dren recei eived ved qualit lity, y, conveni enient ent oral l health th care from m TOPs
70% of children dren age ges 6-9 at elevated vated risk k for denta tal l caries ies have sealants nts on one or more re perman manent ent molars ars (UDS Meas asure ure)
ients ts presen senting ting with th emer ergen gent t concern cerns s recei eived ved defini initiv tive e care
ients nts ages 6-36 6 month ths s have e had an initia tial dental tal visit it
emic partn tners erships hips with th A.T .T. S . Still ll Arizon
a Schoo
, VCU CU, , Tufts s Univers ersity ity Schoo
s of Dentis tistry try and Oral Health th, , a and Easter ern n Shore re Commu mmunity ity College lege
t times es
bilit lity to compl mplete ete recomme commended nded treatme atment t plans
s of emergen ergency cy dental tal visits its
jori rity ty of region ion lacks fluori
dated d water er
care e diff fficult icult to acces ess
ruitme ment t of support
tal Assista tants nts) ) is proble blema matic tic
WES ESRHS HS BEG EGAN AN IN THE E LOCAL AL SCHOOLS LS, , AN AND HAS AS PARTNERE RED D WITH TH OUR SCHOOLS S FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS
Incorpora rporatin ting ora
health lth ser services vices int into school chool-based based hea health lth cen centers ters cont contributes ributes to to impro improved ved academi academic pe perfor formance, mance, posit positive ive be behavio avioral ral out
comes es, increa creased sed at attenda tendance, nce, and nd bett better er qua quality lity of
life fe for for student students at at all grade de levels ls. Sc Scho hool
nurses ses are are ide ideall ally sit situat uated ed to to serve serve as as ora
health lth ch champi ampions
for our
scho hool
based ed dental tal progr gram am.
Former mer Assista tant nt Surgeon geon General eral, , Dr. . Marily ilyn n Gaston ton awarded rded ES ESRHS School
al Program a “Best Practice Model” in 1997
ephanie anie Shelle ley, y, one of our many y dedicated cated dental l provide ders rs
Im Implement plementin ing sc scho hool
sed ora
health lth ser servi vices ces si significa gnificant ntly ly imp improve roves the the stat state of
al health th in in our commu mmunit nity. Relev Relevant ant, age age-app appropriate ropriate ora
health lth educat educatio ion comb combine ined wi with th preve preventi ntive ve ora
health lth servi services ces bene benefits fits students tudents at at all gr grade ade level levels. Addit dditiona
ly, acces access to to sc scho hool
based sed ora
health se services rvices addre addresses ses so some me of
the ba barri rriers ers th that at pa parent rents face face whe when att attempti empting to to access access or
al health th care for their ir children dren.