New Issue Brief:

Prenatal Oral Health Care

Center for Oral Health's new issue brief: "Prenatal Oral Health Care" focuses on the importance of good oral health and hygiene for pregnant women and the vital roles that prenatal and dental care providers play during this time. This issue brief is a joint effort of the Center for Oral Health and Western University of Health Sciences.

This publication is funded in part by a grant from The California Wellness Foundation and Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals. This work is part of the Center's portfolio of research focusing on opportunities for a better understanding of dental care delivery systems and improving oral health outcomes. Read "Prenatal Oral Health Care" Issue Brief here.

COH's Brooke Bodart presents at March of Dimes Becoming a Mom/Commenzando Bien Training

On Thursday July 31, Center for Oral Health's Clinical Program Manager, Brooke Bodart presented to a group of health educators on the importance of oral care during pregnancy at the March of Dimes Becoming a Mom/Comenzando Bien Training. Oral health and pregnancy has been a requested topic at the March of Dimes educational meetings and COH was happy to be apart of this important training.

COH attends and presents at the Los Angeles Dental Forum

On Wednesday July 30, Center for Oral Health's Jennifer Pilapil and Brooke Bodart attended the Los Angeles Dental Forum, a discussion about how to identify solutions to the oral health access challenges in Los Angeles County.

Dr. Jack Dillenberg, Dean of A.T. Still University and Board Chair of Center for Oral Health (COH) was the moderator of the forum and spoke on the access to care issues and encouraged the group to develop new and innovative methods to address the problems.

Brooke Bodart, Clinical Program Manager at COH, spoke on the impact of health and cost, discussing the forthcoming report that COH is working on which provides an in-depth analysis on the economic impacts of dental disease on the children in LA Unified School District. Read more about the LA Dental Forum here.

Oral Health 2020: A Vision for Integrated Care

Registration is now open for COH's 2nd Annual Oral Health Symposium!

Oral Health 2020 is on November 6, 2014 in Long Beach, California.

This one-day educational Symposium is focused on engaging a broad spectrum of healthcare professions in identifying integrated, collaborative healthcare delivery models that are innovative and lead to high-quality, whole-body health care.

Key Presentations Include:

Integrative Care Through School-Based Comprehensive Dental Care Models
Integrative Care Through Traditional Healthcare Delivery Models
Aligning Healthcare Financing with Evidence - A Case for Integration
Keynote Speech at Lunch from Dr. Claude Earl Fox on Integrated Care Models
Global Perspective on Integrated Care Models
Dental Education: Opportunities and Challenges for Integration of Oral Health Education and Practices into Primary Health Care (Panel Discussion amongst Deans at Harvard University, A.T. Still University, Western University of Health Sciences, and UC San Francisco, School of Dentistry.
Symposium Summary and the Possible Future of Integrated Oral Health.

Please visit our website to learn more about all our incredible Speakers and Presentations, Symposium location and Sponsorship Opportunities. We hope to see you at Oral Health 2020 in November!
Learn More and Register Here.

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Newsletter #2: August 2014