Oral Health Program

Policy/Information/Reports

This section has been divided into two parts:

• Resources to download
• Links to other web sites

Resources to download:

• Board of Examiners in Dentistry
• Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (DHPSAs) in Rhode Island 
• Final Report: Special Senate Commission to Study and Make Recommendations on Ways to Maintain and Expand Access to Quality Oral Health Care for All Rhode Island Residents, 2001
• Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2000
• Position Paper: Early Childhood Caries, 2001 
• Position Paper: Oral & Pharyngeal Cancer, 2001
• Position Paper: Rhode Island Dentist Workforce, 2001  
• Rhode Island Community Water Fluoridation by City/Town, 2001 
• Rhode Island Dentist Workforce by City/Town, 2001  
• RI KIDS COUNT Issue Brief: Access to Dental Care for Children in Rhode Island, October 2004
• Rhode Island Oral Health Surveys: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, Health Interview Survey, Youth Risk Behavior Survey
• Rhode Island School/District Oral Health Surveys, 1999 
• Rules & Regulations Pertaining to Dentists, Dental Hygienists, and Dental Assistants
• Rules and Regulations for School Health Programs

Links to other web sites:

• CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey
• CDC: Improving oral Health
• CDC: National Oral Health Surveillance System
• HRSA Bureau of Primary Health care -- Dental Care Access
• HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care -- Increasing Dental Access
• HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care -- Oral health Best Practices
• HRSA Information Center: Oral Health
• Medicaid Oral Health Services fact Sheet
• Oral Health America
• The Interface Between Medicine and Dentistry in Meeting the Oral Health Needs of Young Children