Oral Health: An Essential Element of Healthy Aging - Organizations and Initiatives

Organizations and Initiatives

Organizations

• Administration on Aging  
• American Academy of Periodontology
• American Dental Association
  • Mouth Healthy
  • Resources for Finding Dental Care
• Association of State & Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)
  • Healthy Aging Committee
  • Older Adult Oral Health Resources for Collaboration
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Oral Health
• Center for Medicare Advocacy
  • Adding a Dental Benefit to Medicare Part B: What About Medicare Advantage or Medigap Plans?
  • Adding a Dental Benefit to Medicare Part B: Frequently Asked Questions
  • Fact Sheets on Medicare and the Oral Health Impact of Oral Health on Major Health Conditions
• Healthline
  • Does Medicare Cover Dental?
  • What does Medicare Part C Cover?
• Health Resources and Services Administration
  • Training Curriculum: Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (Dentistry and Dementia is addressed in Module 16 of the curriculum)
  • Find a Health Center
• National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH)
  • Finding Low Cost Dental Care
• National Network for Oral Health Access
• Santa Fe Group

Initiatives/Programs

• Administration for Community Living (ACL) Oral Health Website (Database of Community Programs and Community Guide to Adult Oral Health Program Implementation) 
• Healthy People 2020
• Mouth Care Without a Battle (An evidence-based approach to person-centered daily mouth care for persons with cognitive and physical impairment.)
• Mouth Healthy (American Dental Association)
• Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice (OHNEP)
• Oral Health Services for Older Adults Program (University of Minnesota)
• Smiles for Life: A National Oral Health Curriculum
• Ten teaching modules for special needs dentistry (including "Introduction to Geriatric Dentistry") Free to access; account creation required. (A.T. Still University's Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health and University of California San Diego School of Medicine)
• University of Iowa College of Dentistry promotes geriatric dental care in the classroom and community (Iowa Now, 3/24/17)
• The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry operates only retirement community dental clinic in state (UAB News, 7/10/14)