Bright
Futures in Practice: Oral Health
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Bright
Futures in Practice: Oral Health—Pocket Guide is
designed to help health professionals implement
specific oral health guidelines during pregnancy
and postpartum, infancy, early childhood, middle
childhood, and adolescence, and it
addresses risk assessment for dental caries, periodontal
disease, malocclusion, and injury.
Bright
Futures in Practice: Oral Health—Pocket
Guide is available:
1. To view Online
2. As a PDF
document download 
Although
this publication is copyrighted,
we encourage you to download one copy of this publication
for your personal use. |
Bright
Futures in Practice: Oral Health can
be used to
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Inform
families and health professionals about the essentials
of oral health, including oral development, dental
caries, periodontal disease, malocclusion, tobacco
use, and injury |
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Identify
the services that infants, children, and adolescents
need for improved oral health |
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Develop
and implement oral health programs |
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Train
health professionals and students |
Bright
Futures in Practice: Oral Health is
based on several innovations. The guide
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Introduces
the concepts of individualized, cost-effective risk
assessment and measurable educational, behavioral,
and physical health outcomes as integral to
oral health supervision |
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Emphasizes
the contribution and partnership of dental
professionals, other health professionals, and families
in oral health supervision in an attempt to foster
coordination, cooperation, and cost-effectiveness
in oral health care delivery |
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Stresses
the importance of early oral health intervention
for children, beginning with prenatal counseling
and the scheduling of a dental visit by the child's
first birthday |
To
learn more about Bright
Futures in Practice: Oral Health contact us.
The National
Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center responds
to the needs of states and communities in addressing current and
emerging public oral health issues. The resource center performs
a variety of services, including providing tailored responses to
information requests, and developing and disseminating publications
such as fact sheets and resource guides in print and electronic
formats. |
