Practice Guidelines for Providers of Care

Abstract

These Perinatal Oral Health Practice Guidelines are based on the clinical evidence for the importance of oral health care for women and their children before and during pregnancy and early childhood. They apply to health care providers and other professionals in public, private and community-based practices. The Guidelines are organized by provider type (with some unavoidable duplication). Where possible, the material was adapted from the 2006 New York State Department of Health “Oral Health Care During Pregnancy and Early Childhood Practice Guidelines,” and supplemented, updated and rewritten based on current evidence.