Promoting Oral Health in South Carolinas CSHCN Program

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Promoting Oral Health in South Carolinas CSHCN
Program

• Raymond Lala, DDS
• October 20, 2003

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SC Oral Health Program

• Partnerships
• Outside Resources
• Federal
• Private Foundation
• More Smiling Faces
• Medical Home Project

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Partnerships

• 2000 Federal-State personnel agreement
• Dental consultant for CSHCN orthodontics
• 2001 Directory of dentists in partnership with
  MUSC, DHEC, State Board of Dentistry
• www.HandsonHealth.org
• More Smiling Faces in Beautiful Places RWJ
  Foundation funded project begun in 2002.
• Medical Home Project

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Outside Resources

• Federal
• HRSA
• CDC
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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in Beautiful Places

• Part of a national program, State Action for Oral
  Health Access, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson
  Foundation and managed by the Center for Health
  Care Strategies.

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Faith Community
DHEC
RWJF
SC DOE
SC Medicaid
Advocacy Groups
MUSC
School Nurses
Local Dentist
SC Chapter AAP
Dental Providers
Palmetto Project
Medical Providers
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Unmet Needs

• Dental care Number 1 unmet need for children
  with special needs.

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More Smiling Faces and the Medical Provider

• Offer medical homes training in
• Oral health assessment.
• Oral health education.
• Application of fluoride varnish.
• Create the link to the dental provider

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More Smiling Faces and the Dental Provider

• Offer dental teams training for
• Treatment of very young child.
• Treatment of children with special needs.

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Pediatric Dentist Mentors

• Conduct quarterly study meetings for both
  physicians and dentists.
• Low Country James Beall, DMD
• Upper Savannah Rocky Napier, DMD
• Pee Dee Deirdre Williams, DDS

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Case Management

• Patient Navigator to link medical home with
  dental office
• Faith community educational events through the
• Recruit medical and dental providers

Palmetto ProjectPutting New Ideas to Work in
South Carolina
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Health Promotion

• Empowering families through educational guidance
  and support to become effective managers of their
  childrens oral health.

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Children and Adolescents with Special Needs

• Include oral health education materials for
  parents.
• Special Smiles for Healthy Athletes
• Assist in recruitment of medical and dental
  providers.

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Medical Home Project

• Integrate oral health services into the medical
  home
• Dental case management

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Remember the Kids
Raw Potential But Vulnerable