Integrating Oral Health into Health Professions School Curricula

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Table 1. Resources and collaborators health schools may find helpful in developing oral health curricula.

Resources or Collaborators	Role/Mission	How to Connect or Find the Resource/Collaborator
American Academy of Pediatrics	Dedicated to the health of all children	National Oral Health Campaign Toolkit: https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/campaigns-and-toolkits/oral-health/ Oral Health Practice Tools: https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/oral-health/oral-health-practice-tools/ Contact Information for Dental Supply Companies: https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/fluoride-varnish-manufacturers.pdf AAP Section on Oral Health: https://www.aap.org/en/community/aap-sections/oral-health/ Pennsylvania Healthy Teeth, Healthy Children Program: http://www.healthyteethhealthychildren.org/paaap/healthy-teeth-healthy-children/
American Association of Medical Colleges	MedEdPortal®: An online journal of teaching and learning resources	Dental Collection: https://www.mededportal.org/dental
American Academy of Physician Assistants	Increase Physician Assistant awareness and knowledge of oral health and potential ways to incorporate oral health into PA practice	https://www.aapa.org/cme-central/national-health-priorities/oral-health-initiative/
Area Health Education Centers	Recruiting, training, and retaining a health professions workforce committed to underserved populations	National AHEC Organization Directory: https://www.nationalahec.org/search/custom.asp?id=6189 Health Resources and Services Administration Directory: https://data.hrsa.gov/data/reports/datagrid?gridName=AHECDirectoryReport
Association for Prevention Teaching and Research	Public health learning modules to support health professions workforce education	Public Health Learning Module #15: Oral Health Across the Lifespan: https://www.aptrweb.org/page/PH_LearningModules
Aquifer Virtual Pediatric Patient Cases	Evidence-based, peer-reviewed, and continuously updated virtual cases	Available by subscription: https://aquifer.org/course/
Center for Integration of Primary Care and Oral Health (CIPCOH)	Providing systems-level research on oral health integration into primary care training	https://cipcoh.hsdm.harvard.edu/
Community Dentists	Community-based clinical rotation sites, teaching support	American Dental Association Find-a-Dentist: https://findadentist.ada.org/
Dental Economics	Comparison of fluoride varnishes	Picano L. 2020. Fluoride varnishes: What is the difference, and which one is best? https://www.dentaleconomics.com/science-tech/cosmetic-dentistry-and-whitening/article/14173399/fluoride-varnishes-what-is-the-difference-and-which-one-is-best
Dental Residency Programs	Community-based clinical rotation sites, teaching support	Commission on Dental Accreditation Find a Program: https://coda.ada.org/en/find-a-program
Harvard Macy Institute	Faculty development programs	https://harvardmacy.org/
Health Resources and Services Administration	Advancing oral health and primary care integration	https://bphc.hrsa.gov/qualityimprovement/clinicalquality/oralhealth/index.html
National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center	Offers oral health technical assistance, training, and resources	National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center: https://www.mchoralhealth.org/index.php
Oral Health Coalitions	Promote lifelong oral health through policy, prevention, and education	American Network of Oral Health Coalitions: https://anohc.org/
Oral Health Collaboratives	Peer support and learning on oral health care and integration	Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Oral Health Collaborative: https://connect.stfm.org/communities/allcommunities American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Oral Health: https://www.aap.org/en/community/aap-sections/
Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice (OHNEP)	Tools to help nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, nurses, and other health professionals incorporate oral health into patient care	http://ohnep.org/
Professional Dental Societies	Supporting dentists, educating the public, and ensuring access to oral health care	American Dental Association and affiliate societies: https://www.ada.org/about/volunteer-and-get-involved-with-the-ada/national-state-local-dental-societies
Smiles for Life National Oral Health Curriculum®	Teaching resources and continuing education modules available from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine	https://www.smilesforlifeoralhealth.org/
Society of Teachers in Family Medicine	Engaging family physician educators to improve oral health education in family medicine training	https://connect.stfm.org/communities/allcommunities

Table 2. Potential funders for developing oral health curricula.

Potential Funders	Links to Potential Funders
Area Health Education Centers	National AHEC Organization Directory: https://www.nationalahec.org/search/custom.asp?id=6189 Health Resources and Services Administration Directory: https://data.hrsa.gov/data/reports/datagrid?gridName=AHECDirectoryReport
Dental Insurer Foundations	Cigna Foundation: https://www.cigna.com/about-us/corporate-responsibility/cigna-foundation Delta Dental Foundations: multiple foundations exist across U.S. for single states and groups of states The Humana Foundation: https://www.humanafoundation.org/ United Concordia Dental Charitable Fund: https://www.highmarkfoundation.org/about/charitablefunds_ucd.shtml#gsc.tab =0
Health Resources and Services Administration	Search for funding opportunities: https://www.hrsa.gov/grants/find-funding
Oral Health Coalitions	American Network of Oral Health Coalitions: https://anohc.org/
Oral Health Foundations	List of oral health foundations from the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center: https://www.mchoralhealth.org/links/links_brief.php?wScript=OHFoundationLinks CareQuest Institute for Oral Health: https://www.carequest.org/how-we-work/grantmaking Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures: https://www.colgatepalmolive.com/en-us/community-impact/bright-smiles-bright-futures Crest Toothpaste: https://crest.com/closing-the-smile-gap/
Professional Dental Societies	Academy of General Dentistry Foundation: https://www.agd.org/agd-foundation/our-programs/agd-foundation-grant-program
Regional and Community Foundations	Funding Opportunities for Rural Communities: https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/oral-health/funding Appalachia Funders Network Health Group: https://www.appalachiafunders.org/health Foundation Directory Online by Candid FDO Quick Start: https://fconline.foundationcenter.org/welcome/quick-start
State and Local Public Health Departments	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health Department Directories: https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/healthdirectories/healthdepartments.html

Figure 1. Map of oral health integration into University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School curriculum.