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Title: Oral Health in Head Start


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Oral Health in Head Start
  • What do the Performance Standards say?

2
Prevention is Key
  • Preventive dental services and treatment are
    designed to ensure that a childs teeth and gums
    are healthy, and that dental health problems do
    not affect a childs overall health

3
Determining Child Health Status
  • 1034.20(a)
  • Determine if the child has a Dental home
  • Obtain from a health (dental) care professional a
    determination as to whether the child is
    up-to-date according to the state EPSDT
    periodicity schedule

4
Begin with an Examination
  • Arkansas EPSDT regulations
  • Routine Dental referrals are made at
  • 6 9 months
  • 12 15 months
  • 18 24 months
  • Thereafter at each EPSDT screening

5
In ArkansasChildren 12 months or over are
eligible for periodic dental exams twice a year
6
AR Kids 1st enrollees
  • Newborn to 12 months are eligible for one dental
    screen
  • 12 months to 21 years are eligible for one dental
    screen and one prophylaxis/fluoride every 150 days

7
Dental Follow-up Treatment
  • 1304.20(c)(3)(i) (ii)
  • Fluoride supplements and/or fluoride treatments
  • Other necessary preventative measures recommended
    by the Dentist
  • Further dental treatment as recommended by the
    Dentist

8
Dental Hygiene
  • 1304.23(b)(3)
  • Staff must promote effective dental hygiene among
    children in conjunction with meals

9
Dental Hygiene
  • Effective dental hygiene practices vary according
    to the developmental level and age of the child.
  • The Head Start Performance Standards provide a
    listing of strategies to promote effective dental
    hygiene

10
Dental Hygiene
  • For most pre-school aged children, teacher
    demonstration, modeling and verbal encouragement,
    along with daily opportunities to practice
    toothbrushing are the most effective strategies.

11
On going Care
  • 1304.20(d)
  • Implement ongoing procedures by which Head
    Start/EHS staff can identify new or recurring
    dental concerns, so they may quickly make
    appropriate referrals

12
Individualization
  • 1304.20(f)(1)
  • Staff use multiple sources of information to
    individualize the program for each child
  • Screening results
  • Observations
  • Parental consultation
  • Medical/Dental evaluations treatment

13
Health Emergency Procedures
  • 1304.22(a)
  • Programs must establish and implement policies
    procedures to respond to medical dental
    emergencies
  • Staff must be trained and familiar with these
    policies procedures

14
Educating Children
  • 1304.21(c)(1)(III)
  • Staff must integrate all aspects of medical and
    dental health, nutrition and mental wellness into
    the program activities

15
Parent Involvement
  • 1304.40(f)(1) (2)
  • Programs must provide a variety of educational
    opportunities which include Medical, Dental,
    Nutrition, and Mental Health information
  • for Staff, Parents Families

16
Parent Involvement
  • 1304.40(f)(2)(i)
  • The Health and Dental education program must
    assist parents in
  • Understanding how to enroll participate in a
    system of ongoing family health care, which
    include medical, dental, nutrition mental
    wellness

17
Parent Involvement
  • 1304.40(f)(2)(ii)
  • The Health and Dental education program must
    encourage parents to
  • Become active partners in their childs medical
    and dental health care process
  • Accompany their child to examinations and
    follow-up appointments

18
Parent Involvement
  • 1304.40(f)(2)(iii)
  • The Health and Dental education program must
    provide parents with
  • Opportunities to learn principles of preventative
    medical dental health
  • Information specific to the health/dental needs
    of their child family

19
Community Partnerships
  • 1304.41(a)(2)(i)
  • The program must take affirmative steps to
    establish ongoing collaborative relationships
    with
  • Health care providers such as clinics,
    physicians, dentists, and other health care
    professionals

20
Community Partnerships
  • 1304.41(b)
  • The program must establish and maintain a Health
    Services Advisory Committee which includes
    parents, professionals and other volunteers from
    the community

21
Human Resources Management
  • 1304.52(a)(2)(ii)
  • Agencies must ensure that that certain management
    functions are formally assigned to and adopted by
    staff within the program
  • Management of health services including child
    medical, dental, mental health and nutrition

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Keep those smiles healthy and bright!
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