North
Carolina Oral Health Summit
"Building a Collaborative for Action"
April 8, 2005
The Friday Center
Chapel Hill, NC
The
purpose of the North Carolina Oral Health Summit was to provide a forum
to address oral health access to care issues identified in the Report
to the North Carolina General Assembly and to the Secretary of the North
Carolina Department of Health and Human Services by the North Carolina
Institute of Medicine (IOM) Task Force on Dental Care Access published
in April, 1999.
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The
Goals of the NC Oral Health Summit were:
1) Report
on the accomplishments or progress that has occurred on each of
the recommendations made in the Report to the North Carolina
General Assembly and to the Secretary of the North Carolina Department
of Health and Human Services,North Carolina Institute of Medicine
Task Force on Dental Care Access, published in April, 1999.
2) Develop
action plans for the recommendations from the Institute of Medicine
report that have not yet been implemented.
3) Prioritize
action plans requiring legislation or appropriations and develop
a two-year strategy to secure necessary funding.
4) Identify
and establish an active collaborative from a diverse group of
key stakeholders and organizations.
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Background:
In the
Summer of 1998, the NC Department of Health and Human Services requested
the assistance of the NC Institute of Medicine (IOM) in evaluating and
recommending strategies to address the problem of access to primary
dental care services for low-income populations in our state. Among
the issues of focal concern was the low level of participation by private
dentists in the NC Medicaid program. After eight months of research,
the NC IOM presented its final report to NC DHHS.
The complete report from the North Carolina Institute of Medicine
Task Force on Dental Care Access (April, 1999) is available on
the North
Carolina Institute of Medicine web site. The 2001 and 2003 report
updates are also available on this site.
2005
Oral Health Summit Proceedings and Action Plan:
The
summary report of the 2005 Oral Health Summit can be found in the 2005
Oral Health Summit Proceedings and Action Plan, published by the
North Carolina Institute of Medicine.
NC
Oral Health Summit Agenda:
The
Friday Center
Friday, April 8, 2005 |
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8:00
9:00
9:15
10:00
10:20
10:30
12:00
12:45
2:45
3:00
3:45
4:00 |
Registration
Welcome & Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Keynote: Don Schneider, DDS, MPH, Consultant in
Health Policy and Dental Health, and former Chief
Dental Officer, US Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services
Charge to the five Work Groups
Break
Work Groups break out
Lunch
Work Groups continue
Break
Large Group reconvenes for Work Group reports
Responses to Work Group reports
Adjourn |
NC
Oral Health Summit Work Group Topics:
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order to focus resources on major access to care topic areas,
summit participants were assigned to one of five breakout work
groups.
Work
group topics for the NC Oral Health Summit were based on recommendation
sections from the Report to the North Carolina General Assembly
and to the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health
and Human Services, North Carolina Institute of Medicine Task
Force on Dental Care Access published in April,1999.
Work
groups developed action plans in response to specifically identified
topic areas.
Prior
to the 2005 Oral Health Summit, background papers were provided
by the resource person for each of the topic areas, and participants
were urged to review these before attending.
Click
on the icon below the topic title to read the background paper
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Work Group topic areas are: |
Work
Group 1
Increasing
Dentist Participation in the Medicaid Program
Resource: Dr. Mahyar Mofidi
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Work
Group 2
Increasing
the overall supply of dentists and dental hygienists in the
state with a particular focus on efforts to recruit dental professionals
to practice in underserved areas and to treat underserved populations.
Resource: Dr. John Stamm
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Work
Group 3
Increasing
the number of pediatric dentists practicing in North Carolina
and expanding the provision of preventive dental services to
young children.
Resource: Dr. Mike Roberts
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Work
Group 4
Training
dental professionals to treat special needs patients and designing
programs to expand access to dental services.
Resources: Drs. Tom McIver and Allen Samuelson
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Dr.
Tom McIver |
Dr.
Allen Samuelson |
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Work
Group 5
Educating
Medicaid recipients about the importance of ongoing dental care,
and developing programs to remove non-financial barriers to
the use of dental services.
Resource: Dr. Don Schneider
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Acknowledgements:
The work of this
summit would not have been possible without the generous financial support
of the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors and the
National Governors Association. A special thanks to the summit keynote
speaker, Don Schneider, DDS, MPH, consultant in health policy and dental
health, and former Chief Dental Officer for the US Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services. Thanks also to the cooperative efforts of the
NC Institute of Medicine, and the NC Oral Health Section, Division of
Public Health, Department of Health and Human Services. A full listing
of contributors, and Summit participants can be found in the 2005
Oral Health Summit Proceedings and Action Plan published by the
NC Institute of Medicine.
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