


START-UP & EXPANSION OF DENTAL SERVICES
Resources | Access to Care
Oral Health Infrastructure Series: Brick and Mortar Expansion

Live webinar 9/25/19
As part of the 2019 HRSA Oral Health Infrastructure funding, NNOHA is offering a series of four webinars on various infrastructure enhancements for new or enhanced integrated oral health services. The first webinar of the series will focus on brick and mortar expansion. This webinar will feature Capital Link and two Oral Health Service Expansion awardees: Terry Reilly Health Services, and Project HOME. Capital Link is a HRSA National Cooperative Agreement grantee that provides assistance to health centers in capitalization. Capital Link will discuss capitalization strategies for health centers. Terry Reilly Health Services, ID, will discuss their previous dental clinic expansion of adding a dental suite into a medical clinic. Project HOME, PA, will discuss how they expanded the number of operatories in their dental clinic
Webinar: Midlevel Dental Providers: One Approach to Expanding Access to Care

Dentist shortages, lack of dental insurance, and too few dentists accepting Medicaid have contributed to a lack of access to oral health care across the country, especially for the underserved. As a result, innovative ways of delivering oral health care are emerging. One approach to improving access is the creation of the midlevel dental provider. Midlevel providers are currently practicing in Alaska and Minnesota and have been recently authorized in Maine. This NNOHA webinar, hosted on June 30, 2015, explores the factors that are behind the dental care access problem in the U.S. and explains the four midlevel provider models that are being used in parts of the country to expand access to care. An update about current state laws and legislative interest from the states is also explained. The recording includes the question and answer segment of the webinar with dentists who have worked directly with midlevel providers in Alaska and Minnesota.
Expanding Scope- The Swedish Community Specialty Clinic

This promising practice describes how Swedish Community Specialty Clinic, working in conjunction with community partners, provides complex oral surgery procedures that safety net clinics are unable to provide for their non-insured and/or low-income patients.
Ohio Safety Net Dental Clinics

Maintained by the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center and the Ohio Department of Health, Oral Health Program, Ohio Safety Net Dental Clinics is a comprehensive online portal to the tools and information necessary to start and maintain the operations and delivery of health care services in safety net dental clinics in Ohio.
Safety Net Dental Clinic Manual

This manual is designed to help dental clinic staff with all aspects of clinic development and ongoing operations. Chapter topics include partnerships and planning, facility design and staffing, financing, clinic operations, quality improvement, and program sustainability. Links to sample policies, efficiency tips, professional standards, supply lists, floor plans, design tips, equipment photographs, customizable budget worksheets, funding strategies, quality improvement plans, fact sheets, and websites are included. Updates to the Web site’s contents are made continually. Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Written by Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Oral Health Services, U.S. Indian Health Service, and Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors.
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Start-Up & Expansion of Dental Services
