Bureau of Oral Health Newsletter - Issue 2

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Kathy Weno, Director of the Office of Oral Health

Dawn McGlasson, Deputy Director

Caron Shipley, School Screening CoordinatorMaggie Smet, Professional Outreach Coordinator

Mary Ann Percy, Professional Outreach Coordinator

Ashley Streeter, Administrative Assistant

Visit our website: http://www.kdheks.gov/ohi/index.html

NATIONAL ORAL HEALTH

LEADERSHIP INSTITUTEPhil Lopes, Minority Leader of the Arizona

House of Representatives; Mr. Gary

Cummins, Executive Director of the

Colorado Dental Association; and Marcy

Frosh, CDC Infrastructure Development

Initiative Project Manager from the

Childrens Dental Health Project.

The second day of the retreat spotlighted

leadership, risk management and working

with the media. Participants spent the

morning listening to Dr. Vincent Covello,Center for Risk Communications talk about

skills needed in communicating with various

audiences. Then participants put those skills

to use in the afternoon when Christina Estes

from Expert Communications interviewed

each participant on camera. The interview

was played back and critiqued. A copy of

their interview was given to each person.

On the final day of the retreat the group

received their results from a 360 evaluation

that completed prior to the retreat. The

results were presented in an individualized

booklet that was personalized for each

participant.

Sponsors of the NOHLI were: the ASTDD,

Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health,

American Dental Association, Dentsply, Dr.

Edward B. Shils Entrepreneurial Education

Fund, American Dental Hygienist

Association, HRSA/ MCHB, and The

Childrens Dental Health Project.

Written by Dawn McGlasson, RDH, BSDH, MPH

Deputy DirectorThe Association of State and Territorial

Dental Directors (ASTDD) graduated 14

scholars from the 2nd National Oral Health

Leadership Institute (NOHLI) at the Arizona

School of Dentistry & Oral Health in Mesa,

AZ, September 11-13, 2008. The NOHLI

focuses on dental public health

professionals working in non-clinical settingsin state or local programs in order to

enhance build oral health leadership

capacity.The training targeted personal growth,

cr i t ical thinking/analysis, pol i t ical

effectiveness, and organizational/team

development to enhance strategic visioning

and direction setting skills. Critical

leadership skills need to be developed in

order to successfully implement projects

with a clear vision and collaborative

process. Participants learned a systems-

thinking approach to solve oral health

problems; collaborative public-private

advocacy; working with the media/public

relations; communications; developing

credibility; motivating staff; consensus

building and conflict resolution.

Members concentrated on enhancing

leadership capabilities from the onset of the

retreat. Speakers included: the Honorable


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Dawn McGlasson, RDH, BSDH, MPH

Deputy Director

Oral Health America analyzed the categories

of prevention, access to care, infrastructure,

oral health status, and oral health related

laws.

Oral Health America collaborated with Oral

Health Kansas, and Dawn McGlasson KDHE

Deputy Dental Director, was co-author on

the report. The purpose of the report is to

raise awareness of the oral health shortfalls,

and encourage opinion leaders, public

advocates, policy-makers, communities,

health professionals, and the media to

support successful policies and programs

that will make oral health care an integral

part of overall health care in order to make

the grade.

Oral Health America is a non-profit

organization that works to eliminate dental

disease by connecting people to resources

and empowering communities.

Written By Marcia Manter, MA

Oral Health Kansas

Oral Health Kansas released the 2009 Keep

Kansas Smiling Report card on January 14,

2009.

The grade improved to at B, which is

significantly better than the 2003 grade of a

D+. Kansas was awarded an A for extra

credit accomplishments.

The State rates lowest in categories relating

to the supply of dentist. Kansas received an

F for the lack of pediatric dentists practicing

in the state, as well as an F for the

percentages of counties without a Medicaid

dental provider. And a latter grade of D for

the number of Medicaid dental providers.

While celebrating the successes, Kansas is

cautioned that the state grade may

deteriorate if there is a lack of commitment to

oral health.

ORAL HEALTH KANSAS RELEASED 2009 ORAL HEALTH

REPORT CARD:KEEP KANSAS SMILING

Curtis State Office Building

1000 SW Jackson

Suite 300

Topeka, Kansas 66612

Tel: 785-296-5116

Fax: 785-291-3959

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referrals. Oral hygiene education is

provided to residents, families, and staff

along with toothbrushes and other needed

supplies.

Social workers, nursing staff, dental

professionals, and local health department

staff all collaborate to provide this much

needed care, supported by a start up grant

from Reach Healthcare Foundation. Elder

Smiles has been structured to be self-

supporting through fee for service and

hopes to serve approximately 600 residents

in its first year. An advisory committee

consisting of members from long-term care

facil it ies, UMKC Dental School,

professional and state level public health

representatives, dental hygienists, and

dentists meet twice a year to discuss

operations and make improvements. Elder

Smiles hopes to partner with other facilities

along with the Human Services and Aging

in the future to provide additional services

to Senior Centers as well.

Written By Caron Shipley, RDH, BS

School Oral Screening Coordinator

Research has shown that improving elderly

persons oral health not only improves their

physical health but increases their mental

health as well. The Johnson County Health

Department is happy to announce that it

has developed a new program called Elder

Smiles, for residents of long term care and

assisted living facilities in Johnson County,

Kansas. This program provides preventive

dental care for those without access,

physical, or financial means to visit a dental

office. With support from the health

department, Extended Care Registered

Dental Hygienists bring portable dental

equipment and dental supplies on-site to

these facilities providing teeth cleanings,

oral health exams, and fluoride varnish

treatments to consenting residents. In

addition to providing preventive services,

Elder Smiles identifies residents with oral

health problems and makes appropriate

ELDER SMILES

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1000 SW Jackson

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Tel: 785-296-5116

Fax: 785-291-3959

www.kdheks.gov/ohi

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UPDATE: SCHOOL SCRENDING PROJECT

The Kansas Department of Health and Envi-

ronment (KDHE), Office of Oral Health

(OOH) is midway through its pilot year of

implementing a standardized statewide

school oral screening initiative. Currently

there are six pilot sites across Kansas which

includes Garden City, Wichita, Pittsburg,

Northwest Kansas, Junction City, and Law-

rence. Volunteer licensed dentists and den-

tal hygienists have been recruited from the

local community to conduct oral screenings

in the schools. The screeners have been

trained and calibrated by KDHE allowing for

standardized data.

Since beginning this initiative in September

2008, there have been 38,000 children

screened in these six pilot sites, with the

data returned to the state. Referrals are sent

home to parents and guardians of the chil-

dren once the screenings are completed.

The data collected will be analyzed and dis-

p layed on the OOH webs i te ;

www.kdheks.gov/ohi. More information on

the screening initiative along with the

screening forms and an online training for

dental professionals may be accessed

through this website.

Next year (2009-2010), KDHE will be ac-

tively recruiting dentists and hygienists

across the state to screen in all local com-

munities. For more information please con-

tact: Caron Shipley RDH, BSDH, School

Screening Coordinator at 785-291-3683,

[email protected].

Caron Shipley, RDH, BSDH

School Screening Coordinator

The Manhattan event is the eighth KMOM

project of the Kansas Dental Charitable

Foundation. To date, more than 16,500patients have received $7.36 million in free

care through the program. More than 1000

volunteers helped with the event, including

150 dentists, 125 dental hygienists and 240

dental assistants.

The next project will take place in

Independence on April 16-17, 2010.

Written by Greg HillExecutive Assistant Director of KansasDental AssociationThe 2009 Kansas Mission of Mercy has

drawn to a close. In all $1,014,382 in free

dental care was provided to 1714

patients. Dentists extracted 2898 teeth and

filled another 1759.

It was a great event and the volunteers

were incredible, said Greg Hill, Executive

Director of the Kansas Dental Charitable

Foundation. We really are thankful to

everyone who helped make a difference.

KANSAS MISSIONOF MERCY


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Save the date

April 674th Annual KDHE Centerfor Health DisparitiesConference

Capitol PlazaTopeka, KS

April 1618Kansas Dental AssociationAnnual Meeting

Hotel at Old TowneWichita, KS

April 1822National Oral HealthConference

Doubletree HotelPortland, OR

April 2022Governors Public HealthConference

Wichita Marriott HotelWichita, KS

July 2122School Nurse Conference

Hyatt Regency HotelWichita, KS

September 2224

KHPA Fall ConferenceHyatt Regency HotelWichita, KS

FLUORIDE VARNISHIN

MEDICAL OFFICES

fluoride varnish application. The project wassupported by grant funding from the UnitedMethodist Health Ministry Fund. A 2007REACH Healthcare Foundation grant allowedfor an additional dental hygienist, MaryAnnPercy, to work exclusively in Allen, Johnson,and Wyandotte counties.Recently the Kansas Chapter of the AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics developed an on-linetraining Oral Health Initiative called BrightSmiles for Kansas Kids!, which demonstrateshow to conduct an oral assessment and applyfluoride varnish with 1.2 contact hours ofcontinuing education available for medicalprofessionals. (http://ks.train.org Coursenumber 1013066) A free toolkit containing 50fluoride varnish applications and toothbrushes

is available upon completion. To date, 78health care providers have completed theonline training and nearly 150 toolkits havebeen distributed (valued at $150 each).Additional information on the efficiency andsafety of fluoride varnish is available from theAssociation of State and Territorial DentalDirectors (www.astdd.org) Fluoride Varnish:an Evidence-Based Approach.If your office would like more informationp l e a s e c o n t a c t M a g g i e S m e t([email protected] or 316-833-6383) orMaryAnn Percy ([email protected] or 913-755-1322).

Written by MaryAnn Percy RDH, BSDHProfessional Outreach Coordinator

Kansas is one of seventeen states working tobridge the gap between dental and medicalcommunities to improve childrens health.Social and dietary changes have led to adramatic increase in dental decay in veryyoung children. Although the American DentalAssociation recommends a dental home byage one, children often do not see a dentistuntil age 5. However, they are being seenroutinely by medical providers for Kan BeHealthy check-ups beginning in infancy. Thefrequency of well-child visits allow for timelyevaluations of a childs oral health, preventionand early identification of dental problems.

Kansas Medicaid began reimbursing forfluoride varnish applications in medical officesin August 2005. Fluoride varnish is safe to usein even the youngest children due to its abilityto adhere to the tooth surface and not beingested. The fluoride is then slowly releasedover a period of time. The reimbursement rateand application schedule of 3 times percalendar year is the same for medicalproviders as it is for dental offices.In 2006, two dental hygienists, Caron Shipleyand Maggie Smet, were hired through theOffice of Oral Health as Professional OutreachCoordinators to provide education to medicalprofessionals regarding oral assessment and


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