Pierce County Efforts to Address Emergent and Community Oral Health Needs:
- Low-cost dental resources in Pierce County
- Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, Oral Health Program
- Pierce County Dental Society
- Project Homeless Connect
- Project Homeless Connect 2010 program, at the Tacoma Dome (video)
Smile Surveys in Pierce County and Washington State:
- Smile Survey 2010: the Oral Health of Children in Pierce County
- Smile Survey 2010: the Oral Health of Washington’s Children
General Oral Health Information:
Oral Health Conditions:
- Dry mouth (American Dental Association, or ADA)
- Gum disease (ADA)
- Diabetes and teeth (ADA)
- Oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer (American Cancer Society)
Women and Children’s Oral Health:
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Women’s Health
- Access to Baby and Child Dentistry (for Medicaid eligible children ages 0-6 years)
- Children’s Oral Health (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
National and State Resources:
- American Dental Association
- The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
- Washington State Dental Association
- Washington Dental Service Foundation
- Academy of General Dentistry
- U.S. Surgeon General
- University of Washington School of Dentistry
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
National Efforts to Address Oral Health:
- HealthyPeople 2020 guidelines to improve oral health in the United States
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), oral health
- CDC: guidelines & recommendations (oral health)
Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve Oral Health:
- School-based dental sealant programs
- Preventing dental caries: school-based dental sealant delivery programs
- CDC: community water fluoridation
- Cost savings of community water fluoridation
- Map of areas served by community fluoridated water sources in Pierce County