• Pediatric Oral Health Guide for PCP - pdf - 373 kb

10 Simple Ways You Can Protect Your Baby's Smile

• Whatcom County Editions:
  • English Edition - pdf - 592 kb
  • Russian Edition - pdf - 576 kb
  • Spanish Edition - pdf - 628 kb
    

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Oral Health Literature

1. Medical/ dental Integration: children's oral health in a primary care setting
• Includes presentation given to physician groups in Whatcom County by Charlotte W. Lewis, MD, MPH (September, 2002)
2. References for the Pediatric Oral Health Guide for the Primary Care Physician

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The following materials were used in presentations given to physician groups in Whatcom County (September, 2002):

• A caries primer for primary care physicians - Part I: Expanding primary care involvement into oral health (pdf 1.6MB)
  • Charlotte W. Lewis, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Child Health Institute, University of Washington Craniofacial Center, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
    
• A caries primer for primary care physicians - Part II: Fluoride use
  (pdf 690k)
  • Charlotte W. Lewis, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Child Health Institute, University of Washington Craniofacial Center, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
    
• A caries primer for primary care physicians - Part III: Promoting oral health in the permanent teeth (pdf 665k)
  • Charlotte W. Lewis, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Child Health Institute, University of Washington Craniofacial Center, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
    
• DDS/MD partnership project overview (pdf 913k) - Chris Phillips, Community Outreach Director, St Joseph Hospital
  
• Washington Family Physician, Spring, 2002 (Vol.XXVIIII, No2) (pdf, 1,8 MB)
  Special focus on oral health issues beginning page 12
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Web Links About Children's Oral Health

• Watch Your Mouth website
• Access to Baby and Children's Dentistry
• Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health
  

References for the Pediatric Oral Health Guide for the Primary Care Physician

1. Disparities in Children’s Oral Health and Access to Dental Care (JAMA) (pdf 190 k)
   
2. Newacheak PW, McManus M, Fox HB, Hung YY, Halfon N., Pediatrics: Access to Health Care for Children With Special Health Care Needs 2000;105(4):760-766. (link not availble)
   
3. Anticipatory Guidance in Infant Oral Health: Rationale and Recommendations
   
4. Recommendations for using fluoride to Prevent and Control Dental Caries in U.S.
   
5. Caufield PW, Griffen AL. Dental caries: An infectious and transmissible disease. Pediatric Clinics of North America: Pediatric Oral Health. 2000;47:1001-1019. (link not available)
   
6. Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care (Re9939) (AAP)
   
7. Schafer TE, Adair SM. Prevention of dental disease: the role of the pediatrician. Pediatric Clinics of North America: Pediatric Oral Health. 2000;47:1021-1042. (link not available)
   
8. The Science and Practice of Caries Prevention (pdf 360k)
   
9. Kaste LM, Gift, HC. Inappropriate infant bottle feeding: Status of the Healthy People 2000 objective. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1995;149:786-791. (link not available)
   
10. The fidelity of initial acquisition of mutans streptococci by infants from their mothers.