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RESOURCES – LINKS

Oral Health Information

• Oral Health America: www.oralhealthamerica.org
• Children's Dental Health Project: www.cdhp.org
• Kansas State Office of Oral Health: www.kdhe.state.ks.us/ohi
• Kansas Dental Association: www.ksdental.org
• American Dental Association: www.ada.org
• Kansas Dental Hygienists Association: www.kdha.org
• American Dental Hygienists Association: www.adha.org
• Kansas Head Start Association: www.ksheadstart.org
• American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry: www.aapd.org

Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health

• US Department of Health and Human Services: www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/oralhealth/

Oral Health and Overall Health

• American Academy of Periodontology: www.perio.org

Kansas Office of Oral Health Reports: www.kdhe.state.ks.us/ohi

• Smiles Across Kansas: 2007 Update
• Kansas Oral Health Plan

KPR News Articles on Kansas Oral Health (Requires RealAudio)

• Dental Shortage Looms in Kansas
• Kansas Kids Health: Kansas City Mission of Mercy
• Kansas Kids Health: Dental Crisis In Kansas
• Kansas Kids Health: Mission of Mercy
• Kansas Kids Health: Dental Access
• Kansas Kids Health: Fluoride
• Kansas Kids Health: Dental/Oral Health

Kansas Health Institute Oral Health Reports: www.khi.org

• Smiles Across Kansas 2004: The Oral Health of Kansas Children
• The Declining Supply of Dental Services in Kansas: Implications for Access and Options for Reform
• Kansas Mission of Mercy---Pittsburg: Patient Characteristics, Needs and Satisfaction
• Kansas Mission of Mercy---Wyandotte: Patient Characteristics, Needs and Satisfaction
• Kansas Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic Clients: A Summary of Findings Based on Exit Surveys
• Alternatives to Standard Community Water Fluoridation
• Community Water Fluoridation and Cancer Mortality in Kansas: Is There a Relationship?

Kansas Mission of Mercy

• Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation: www.ksdentalfoundation.org
• Kansas Dental Association: www.ksdental.org
• United Methodist Health Ministry Fund: www.healthfund.org/publications.php
• Kansas Health Institute: www.khi.org

Workforce

• Kansas Health Institute: www.khi.org

Medicaid

• State Office of Medicaid: www.srskansas.org/hcp/MPmain.html
• Electronic Data Systems (EDS): www.eds.com

Fluoride

• Centers for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov/fluoridation
• American Dental Association: www.ada.org/prof/resources/topics/fluoride.asp

Funding Opportunities

• United Methodist Health Ministry Fund: www.healthfund.org
• Delta Dental Plan of Kansas Foundation: www.deltadentalksfoundation.org
• Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation: www.ksdentalfoundation.org
• Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City: www.healthcare4kc.org
• REACH HealthCare Foundation: www.reachhealth.org
• Sunflower Foundation: www.sunflowerfoundation.org
• Kansas Health Foundation: www.khf.org

Other Kansas Healthcare Resources

• Kansas Health Consumer Coalition: www.kshealthconsumer.org
• Kansas Public Health Association: www.kpha.us