Resources

Oral Health: An Essential Component of Primary Care White Paper
Brush Up on Oral Health: Children with Disabilities
Brush Up on Oral Health: Dental Clinic Care for Children with Disabilities
Oral Health For Children and Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs: Challenges and
Opportunities (fact sheet)
Promoting the Oral Health of Children with Special Health Care Needs: In Support of the National Agenda (policy brief)
Resource Highlights: Focus on Children and Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs
Strategies for Improving the Oral Health System of Care for Children and Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs (tip sheet):
CDC – Division of Oral Health – Children’s Oral Health
Dietary Fluoride Supplements: Evidence-based Clinical Recommendations
Healthy Mouth, Health Food Poster – English / Spanish
Prevention of Dental Caries in Children from Birth Through Age 5 Years: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
NJ 211 Partne rship – find solutions to personal needs by informing you of resources in your community like day care facilities, shelters, affordable housing units, social services, employment training programs, senior services, medical insurance, and more.
Why Dental Coverage Matters: A Toolkit
Tiny Smiles – Give Kids a Smile, sponsored by Scholastic. Promoting the importance for Oral Health in Young Children

CPT Coding Fact Sheet (AAP, 2015)
AAP Oral Health Risk Assessment Tool [English / Spanish]
AAP Pediatric Guide to Children’s Oral Health Flip Chart – Can be downloaded in English or Spanish. Includes pictures for identification of pathologic oral conditions and a reference guide to the charts.
Bright Futures in Practice – Oral Health Pocket Guide
Electronic Health Record Template To Include Oral Health
Fluoride Chairside Tool
HealthyChildren.org – Brushing Up on Oral Health: Never Too Early to Start
NJ Smiles Directory – Referral/Resource list of dentists that treat Medicaid covered children – Lists dentists by county and town who see children under 5 years of age, includes insurance companies accepted by each provider with their contact numbers.
Oral Health Practice Tools (courtesy of AAP National)
Tooth Eruption Chart
Oral Health Prevention Primer – A new, ready-to-use PowerPoint presentation (PPT) on the AAP Oral Health Prevention Primer (OHPP) is now available. Designed to introduce the practice tools and resources in the OHPP to primary care providers and others working with families, this PPT guides the user through a 20-30-minute interactive presentation. To request a copy of the OHPP PPT, please complete this brief form. For more information, contact Hollis Russinof, hrussinof@aap.org